- She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours List for her services to children's literature and Holocaust Education. She is a writer and illustrator.
- Her family fled to Great Britain in 1933 after receiving death threats in Germany. Her father, Alfred, was a Jewish intellectual and theatre critic who was on a Nazi hit list.
- Mother of Matthew Kneale and Tacy Kneale.
- Daughter of Alfred Kerr (1867-1948), German writer and critic.
- Sister of Sir Michael Kerr (1921-2002), jurist.
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