Geraldine McCaughrean
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Geraldine McCaughrean (pronounced "Mc-cork-ran")¹ is a British children's novelist. She was born on June 6, 1951 in North London, and took an education degree, then worked in magazine publishing for ten years before becoming a full-time writer. She now lives in Berkshire with her husband John and daughter Ailsa.
She has written more than 130 books, and won numerous prizes, including:
- The Carnegie Medal in 1988 and the Guardian Prize in 1989 for A Pack of Lies
- The Whitbread Children's Book Award in 1987 for A Little Lower Than the Angels
- The Whitbread Children's Book Award in 1994 for Gold Dust
- The Whitbread Children's Book Award in 2004 for Not the End of the World
In 2005, she was selected by Great Ormond Street Hospital to write an official sequel to J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, titled Peter Pan in Scarlet. [link]
She has also written six historical novels for adults.
References
- ¹"Geraldine McCaughrean" in Contemporary Authors Online, Thomson Gale, entry updated 4/15/2004.
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