British children's novelist (born 1951)
Geraldine McCaughrean
Born Geraldine Jones (1951-06-06 ) June 6, 1951 (age 72)
London , England Occupation Author of
children's books Nationality British Notable works
Notable awards Spouse John McCaughrean Children 1
Geraldine McCaughrean (
mə-KAWK -rən ;
[1] born 6 June 1951)
[2] is a British
children's novelist . She has written more than 170 books, including
Peter Pan in Scarlet (2004), the official sequel to
Peter Pan commissioned by
Great Ormond Street Hospital , the holder of Peter Pan's copyright. Her work has been translated into 44 languages worldwide.
[3] She has received the
Carnegie Medal twice and the
Michael L. Printz Award among others.
Personal life and education
McCaughrean was born 6 June 1951 in
London to Leslie Arthur and Ethel Jones.
[2] The youngest of three children, she grew up in North London. McCaughrean attended
Southgate Technical College from 1969 to 1970, then received a
Bachelor of Education with honors from
Christ Church College, Canterbury in 1977.
[2]
She is married to John McCaughrean, with whom she has a daughter: Ailsa.
[2]
Career
McCaughrean studied teaching but found her true vocation in writing. She claims that what makes her love writing is the desire to escape from an unsatisfactory world.[
citation needed ] Her motto is: do not write about what you know, write about what you want to know.[
citation needed ]
Her work includes many retellings of classic stories for children:
The Odyssey ,
El Cid ,
The Canterbury Tales ,
The Pilgrim's Progress ,
Moby Dick ,
One Thousand and One Arabian Nights and
Gilgamesh .
J. M. Barrie gave all rights to
Peter Pan to
Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1929, and in 2004, to coincide with Peter Pan' s centenary, the hospital launched a competition to find the author of a sequel. McCaughrean won the competition, after submitting a synopsis and a sample chapter.
Peter Pan in Scarlet was released internationally on 5 October 2006, published in the UK by
Oxford University Press and in the US by
Simon & Schuster .
McCaughrean has written many other children's fiction books including
The Kite Rider ,
The Stones Are Hatching , and Plundering Paradise . She has also written six historical novels for adults including: The Maypole (1990), Fire's Astonishment (1991), Lovesong (1996) and The Ideal Wife (1997).
As of 2013, she has launched an online novel based on the Hylas and Hercules myth, A Thousand Kinds of Ugly .
Awards and honours
For her lifetime contribution as a children's writer, McCaughrean was the British nominee in 2004 for the biennial, international
Hans Christian Andersen Award , the highest international recognition available to creators of children's books.
[4] She was elected an Honorary Fellow of
Canterbury Christ Church University in 2006 and a Fellow of the
English Association in 2010. She has been a Fellow of the
Royal Society of Literature since 2010.
[5]
Four of McCaughrean's books are
Junior Library Guild selections:
Not the End of the World (2005),
[6]
The White Darkness (2007),
[7] The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen (2011),
[8] and
Where the World Ends (2020).
[9]
In 2002,
The Horn Book Magazine included The Kite Rider on their list of the best children's fiction of the year.
[10]
In 2020,
Booklist included
Where the World Ends on their "Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth" list.
[11]
Selected bibliography
References
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"RSL Fellows" . The Royal Society of Literature. Archived from
the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2010 .
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Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 3 June 2023 .
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"The White Darkness by Geraldine McCaughrean" .
Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 3 June 2023 .
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"The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen by Geraldine McCaughrean" .
Junior Library Guild . Retrieved 3 June 2023 .
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"Where the World Ends by Geraldine McCaughrean" .
Junior Library Guild .
Archived from the original on 2 February 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023 .
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"Horn Book Fanfare 1938 to present" .
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Archived from the original on 20 March 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023 .
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Booklist .
Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2023 .
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Central Connecticut State University (CCSU ). Retrieved 13 July 2012.
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"Magic triumphs at Smarties prize" .
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American Library Association . 21 October 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2023 .
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American Library Association . 4 October 2009.
Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2023 .
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"Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2007" .
Booklist . 1 January 2008.
Archived from the original on 24 January 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2023 .
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"Stop the Train! | Awards & Grants" .
American Library Association . 11 February 2010.
Archived from the original on 19 June 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2023 .
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"The White Darkness | Awards & Grants" .
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"Best Books for Young Adults: 2008" .
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"The White Darkness | Awards & Grants" .
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"2011 Best Fiction for Young Adults | Awards & Grants" .
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"2011 rainbow project booklist | Awards & Grants" .
American Library Association . 11 January 2011.
Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2023 .
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"Geraldine McCaughrean, Sydney Smith Win 2018 Carnegie, Greenaway Medals" .
Publishers Weekly . 18 June 2018.
Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018 .
^ Flood, Alison (18 June 2018).
"Carnegie medal winner slams children's book publishers for 'accessible' prose" .
The Guardian .
ISSN
0261-3077 .
Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023 .
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"Independent Bookshop Week Book Award 2019" .
Archived from the original on 21 April 2019. Retrieved 15 October 2019 .
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"2020 Printz Award" . Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) . 25 January 2021.
Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2022 .
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