Commire, Anne. "Robert (Atkinson) Westall." In Something about the Author. Vol. 23. Detroit: Gale, 1981, pp.

235-236. Mostly a listing of Westall's work with some quotations from Westall.

Hadley, Eric. "Robert (Atkinson) Westall." In Twentieth Century Children's Writers. Ed. by Tracy Chevalier. Chicago: St. James Press, 1989 (3d edition), pp. 1027-1028. Mostly a bibliography, with a short overview of Westall's writings.

"Robert Westall." In Fifth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators. Ed. by Sally Holmes Holtze. New York: Wilson, 1983, pp. 322-324. An interview of Westall, who mentions his development as a writer.

Rees, David. "Macho Man, British Style." In Painted Desert, Green Shade.

Boston: Horn Book, 1984, pp. 115 125. An uncomplimentary study of Westall's characterizations.

Westall, Robert. "How Real Do You Want Your Realism?" Signal 28 (January 1979): 34-36. An explanation of how Westall chooses his topics and the techniques he uses to develop them.

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