Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett

male, 61 years old
Discworld, British, fantasy, fantasy writer, Science Fiction Author, science fiction writer…CarnegieMedal
Terence David John Pratchett OBE (28 April 1948) is an English fantasy and science fiction author, best known for his "Discworld" series. Other...
David Almond

David Almond

male, 58 years old
newcastle upon tyne, North East England, Felling, Tyne and Wear, felling, clay, newcastle…CarnegieMedal
David Almond (* May 15 1951 in Felling near Newcastle, England) is a British children's writer who has penned several novels, each one to critical...
Sharon Creech

Sharon Creech

female, 64 years old
from Ohio, children's fiction, George Mason University alumni, CarnegieMedal, Children's literature, Walk Two Moons…Newbery Medal winner, newbery medal
Sharon Creech (born July 29, 1945) is an American novelist of children's fiction. Her novel "Walk Two Moons" received the 1995 Newbery Medal; "The...
Mo Willems

Mo Willems

male, 41 years old
New York University, American, Kablam, park slope, children's books, Codename Kids Next Door…CarnegieMedal
Mo Willems (born February 11, 1968) is an American writer, animator, and children's books author/illustrator. After graduating from New York...
Frank Cottrell Boyce

Frank Cottrell Boyce

male
Soap opera writer, Alumni of Keble College, Oxford, Roman Catholic, writing, From Liverpool, Living Marxism…CarnegieMedal
Frank Cottrell Boyce is a British screenwriter, novelist and occasional actor, best known for his collaborations with film director Michael...
Kevin Crossley-Holland

Kevin Crossley-Holland

male, 68 years old
The Green Child, Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, Old English language, Macmillan Publisher, Kevin John William Crossley-Holland, King of the Middle March…CarnegieMedal
Kevin John William Crossley-Holland is an English children's author and poet. Born in Mursley, North Buckinghamshire, Holland grew up in Whiteleaf,...
K. M. Peyton

K. M. Peyton

female, 80 years old
From Birmingham, England, British, children's writer, author, From Birmingham, Flambards…CarnegieMedal
Kathleen Wendy Herald Peyton, who writes as K.M. Peyton (born 2 August 1929, Birmingham, England) is a British author. She has written than fifty...

Tim Bowler

male
CarnegieMedal, Frozen Fire, River Boy
Tim Bowler is an English writer for young adults. He has won the Carnegie Medal for his novel "River Boy". His latest book, "Frozen Fire" was...
Philippa Pearce

Philippa Pearce

female, deceased (2006)
Andre Deutsch, Order of the British Empire, Civil Servant, sally, Japanese prisoner of war, Sally Pearce…CarnegieMedal
Ann Philippa Pearce OBE (b. Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, 23 January 1920; d. Durham, 21 December 2006) was an English children's author. Born in...
Margaret Mahy

Margaret Mahy

female, 73 years old
University of Canterbury alumni, ONZ, CarnegieMedal, The Haunting, Library Association, The Man Whose Mother was a Pirate
Margaret Mahy ONZ (born in Whakatane, New Zealand on 21 March 1936) is a well-known New Zealand author of children's and young adult books. While...