Antonia Forest wrote children's and young adult fiction best known for the Marlow family series, which moves between school stories, family holidays and wider questions of loyalty, faith and growing up. Autumn Term introduces twins Nicola and Lawrie Marlow at Kingscote School, where competence, rivalry and family reputation matter more than simple school-story wish fulfilment. End of Term continues the school setting, while Falconer's Lure and Peter's Room move the Marlow children into holidays, falconry, imaginative games and relationships outside school. Forest's writing is detailed, dialogue-rich and unusually interested in how siblings misread one another or change over time. Her work fits classic British school stories, family series and pony-adjacent children's fiction, particularly for readers who want complex character dynamics rather than episodic adventures alone. Read more Less