Anne Fine
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Anne Fine (born December 7, 1947) is a British author best known for her children's books, of which she has written more than 50. She also writes for adults (six books to date - 1st April 2005). She was appointed the second Children's Laureate, in succession to Quentin Blake, holding the position from 2001 to 2003. She was born in Leicester, England, and currently lives in County Durham, England. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an OBE in 2003. She became Children's Laureate of the UK in 2005.
Her books for older children include the award winning The Tulip Touch and Goggle-Eyes, which was adapted for television by writer Deborah Moggach for the BBC. Twentieth Century Fox filmed her novel Alias Madame Doubtfire as Mrs Doubtfire, starring Robin Williams. Her books for younger children include Bill's New Frock and How to Write Really Badly. Her work has been translated into twenty-five languages.
Bibliography
Books for older children
- The Summer House Loon (1978) ISBN 0749744928
- The Other Darker Ned (1979) ISBN 0749744936
- The Stone Menagerie (1980) ISBN 0749746033
- Round Behind the Ice-house (1981) ISBN 0140373632
- The Granny Project (1983) ISBN 074974832X
- Alias Madame Doubtfire (1987) ISBN 0140373551
- Goggle-Eyes (1989) ISBN 0140340718
- The Book of the Banshee (1991) ISBN 0140347046
- Flour Babies (1992) ISBN 0140361472
- Step by Wicked Step (1995) ISBN 0140366474
- The Tulip Touch (1996) ISBN 0140378081
- Very Different (2001) ISBN 0749743700
- Up on Cloud Nine (2002) ISBN 038560372X
- (2002) ISBN 0552548693
Books for middle children
- Anneli the Art Hater (1986) ISBN 140520186X
- A Pack of Liars (1988) ISBN 0140329544
- Crummy Mummy and Me (1988) ISBN 0140328769
- Genie, Genie, Genie (1989-91) ISBN 1405212020
- The Country Pancake (1989) ISBN 1405200626
- Bill's New Frock (1989) ISBN 140520060X
- The Chicken Gave It To Me (1992) ISBN 1405200782
- The Angel of Nitshill Road (1993) ISBN 1405201843
- How To Write Really Badly (1996) ISBN 1405200618
- Loudmouth Louis (1998) ISBN 0141302054
- Charm School (1999) ISBN 0440864003
- Telling Tales (Interview/Autobiography) (1999) ISBN 1405200537
- Bad Dreams (2000) ISBN 0440864240
- A Shame to Miss 2 (2002) ISBN 0552548685
- The More the Merrier (2003) ISBN 0440865859
- Frozen Billy (2004) ISBN 0385607695
Books for younger children
- Scaredy-Cat (1985) ISBN 1405202513
- Stranger Danger? (1989) ISBN 014130913X
- Only A Show (1990) ISBN 0140388435
- The Worst Child I Ever Had (1991) ISBN 0140347992
- Design A Pram (1991) ISBN 1405201371
- The Same Old Story Every Year (1992) ISBN 0141302755
- The Haunting of Pip Parker (1992) ISBN 0744582946
- Press Play (1994) ISBN 1405201851
- The Diary of a Killer Cat (1994) ISBN 0140369317
- Care of Henry (1996) ISBN 0744582709
- Jennifer's Diary (1996) ISBN 0140380604
- Countdown (1996) ISBN 0749746726
- Roll Over Roly (1999) ISBN 0141315040
- Notso Hotso (2001) ISBN 0241141389
- The Jamie and Angus Stories (2002) ISBN 0744559650
- (2002) ISBN 0552548677
- How to cross the road and not turn into a Pizza (2002) ISBN 0744590019
- The Return of the Killer Cat (2003) ISBN 0141317191
- Nag Club (2004) ISBN 074459796X
Picture books
- Poor Monty (1991) ISBN 1405210974
- Ruggles (2001) ISBN 0862648955
Books for adults
- Taking the Devil's Advice (1990) ISBN 0670831913
- In Cold Domain (1994) ISBN 0670856096
- The Killjoy (1994) ISBN 0140238425
- Telling Liddy (1998) ISBN 0593042352
- All Bones and Lies (2001) ISBN 0593047257
- Raking the Ashes (2005) ISBN 0593054121
Prizes and awards
- 1984 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) - The Granny Project
- 1987 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) - Madame Doubtfire
- 1987 Whitbread Children's Book Award (shortlist) - Madame Doubtfire
- 1990 Carnegie Medal - Goggle-Eyes
- 1990 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize - Goggle-Eyes
- 1990 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Gold Award)(6-8 years category) - Bill's New Frock
- 1990 Publishing News - Children's Author of the Year Award
- 1991 British Book Awards - Children's Author of the Year
- 1992 Carnegie Medal - Flour Babies
- 1993 Carnegie Medal (shortlist) - The Angel of Nitshill Road
- 1993 Publishing News - Children's Author of the Year Award
- 1993 Whitbread Children's Book Award - Flour Babies
- 1994 British Book Awards - Children's Author of the Year
- 1996 Whitbread Children's Book Award - The Tulip Touch
- 2001 Children's Laureate
- 2002 Carnegie Medal (shortlist) - Up On Cloud Nine
- 2003 OBE
- 2004 Red House Children's Book Award (shortlist Younger Readers category) - The More The Merrier
External links
- [Anne Fine's website]
- [The Children's Laureate]
- [My Home Library scheme, launched by Fine]
- [Anne Fine] at [www.contemporarywriters.com]
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