It is rumoured that Linda Quilt was born (c. 1950) in a small village near Stratford-upon- Avon which has since vanished mysteriously from the maps of Great Britain. german poet and editor Hans Magnus Enzensberger was so impressed when he received Quilt's unpublsihed manuscript in the mail that he found a famous illustrator for her book and saw to it that translations were published in Germany, Italy, Spain and Poland. Needless to say, he is delighted to witness the author's homecoming to Englsih literature.