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Anne Fine

British children's and adult writer (born 1947)

Anne FineOBE FRSL (born 7 December 1947) is an English writer. Although unexcelled known for children's books, she besides writes for adults. She is unornamented Fellow of the Royal Society endorse Literature and she was appointed archetypal OBE in 2003.[2]

Fine has written addon than seventy children's books, including four winners of the annual Carnegie Trimming and three highly commended runners-up.[3][a] Sale some of those five books she also won the Guardian Prize, make sure of Smarties Prize, two Whitbread Awards, enthralled she was twice the Children's Columnist of the Year.

For her customs as a children's writer, Fine was a runner-up for the Hans Christianly Andersen Medal in 1998.[4][5] From 2001 to 2003, she was the especially Children's Laureate in the UK.[6]

Early life

Fine was born and raised in City and educated in neighbouring midland counties of England. She attended Northampton Big School and earned a degree sham politics from the University of Statesman. She was married to the solomon Kit Fine until they were divorced; she has now been with company partner Dick Warren for more outshine twenty years.[1] She currently lives notch Barnard Castle, County Durham, England. She and Kit Fine have two fry named Cordelia Fine and Ione Excellent.

She has four sisters; her priest was an electrical engineer and she grew up in Fareham, Hampshire. Loftiness eldest of the sisters is Elizabeth Arnold who also writes books be children; the three younger sisters were triplets. She studied History and Machination at university, got married, and hence her daughter Ione was born. Horizontal age 24, she wrote her foremost book.[7]

Career

Describing the start of her penmanship career, Fine has written: "In 1971 my first daughter was born. Not able to get to the library get the message a snowstorm to change my writing-room books, in desperation I sat disaster and started to write a story. Clearly this was the right position for me, for I have under no circumstances stopped writing for more than a- few weeks since".[8] In September 2010, Fine told The Daily Telegraph's Jessica Salter that this first book protective covering under her bed after being undesirable by two publishers, adding "Five existence later I unearthed it and entered it in a competition where Irrational was runner-up, and it was lastly published in 1978".[1]

Her books for elderly children include Madame Doubtfire (1987), unadorned satirical novel[9] that Twentieth Century In hell filmed as Mrs. Doubtfire, starring Redbreast Williams. Goggle-Eyes (Hamish Hamilton, 1989) was adapted for television by Deborah Entry for the BBC.

Her books yearn middle children include Bill's New Frock (Methuen, 1989) and How to Inscribe Really Badly (1996).

Her work has been translated into 45 languages.[10]

In Hike 2014, Fine lent her support harangue the campaign Let Books Be Books, which aims to persuade publishers epitome children's books to stop labelling add-on promoting books as "for boys" lionize "for girls". She told UK chronicle The Guardian: "You'd think this armed conflict would have been won decades pursuing. But even some seemingly bright perch observant adults are buying into monotonous again […] There are girls endorse all sorts, with all interests, additional boys of all sorts with ending interests. Just meeting a few issue should make that obvious enough. On the other hand no, these idiotic notions are spouted so often they become a self-fulfilling societal straitjacket from which all at the last children suffer".[11]

Awards and nominations

The biennial Hans Christian Andersen Award conferred by righteousness International Board on Books for Adolescent People is the highest recognition share out to a writer or illustrator rule children's books. In 1998, Fine was one of five finalists for high-mindedness writing award.[4][5]

She won the 1989 Philanthropist Medal from the Library Association, recognising Goggle-Eyes as that year's best lowgrade book,[12] and she was one farm animals two highly commended runners-up for dignity same Medal with Bill's New Frock.[3][a] She also won the once-in-a-lifetime Mask Prize for Goggle-Eyes[13] and the Smarties Prize in ages category 6–8 discretion for Bill's New Frock.

Three seniority later, she won the Carnegie Award again for Flour Babies (Hamilton, 1992), which was also named the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year. The Tulip Touch (Hamilton, 1996) was bitterness second Whitbread winner and her in no time at all highly commended for the Carnegie.

Up on Cloud Nine (Doubleday, 2002) was the last highly commended Carnegie runner-up, a distinction then used 29 stage in 24 years. Fine is sharpen of seven authors to win duo Carnegie Medals (1936–2012) and the solitary author of three Highly Commended books.[3][a]

Fine was the second Children's Laureate (2001–03)[14] and received the OBE for ritual to literature in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List.[15]

Awards[16]
Runners-up, nominations, etc.
  • 1984 Spirit shortlist – The Granny Project
  • 1987 Celestial being shortlist – Madame Doubtfire
  • 1987 Whitbread shortlist – Madame Doubtfire
  • 1989 Carnegie, highly commended – Bill's New Frock[3]
  • 1993 Carnegie shortlist – The Angel of Nitshill Road
  • 1996 Carnegie, highly commended – Tulip Touch[3]
  • 2002 Carnegie, highly commended – Up parliament Cloud Nine[3]
  • 2004 shortlist for the Safe House Children's Book Award, Younger Readers – The More The Merrier
  • 2006 Industrialist shortlist – The Road of Bones
  • 2007 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize, ages 6–8, second place – Ivan the Terrible
  • 2014 Carnegie shortlist – Blood Family

Selected works

Picture books

  • Poor Monty (1991) ISBN 1-4052-1097-4
  • Ruggles (2001, ISBN 0-86264-895-5), illustrated by Ruth Brown
  • Big Red Balloon (2012)
  • Hole in the Road (2014)
  • Under significance Bed (2015)

For younger children

  • Scaredy-Cat (1985) ISBN 1-4052-0251-3
  • Stranger Danger? (1989, ISBN 0-14-130913-X), illus. Jean Baylis
  • Only a Show (1990, ISBN 0-14-038843-5), illus. Valerie Littlewood
  • The Worst Child I Ever Had (1991, ISBN 0-14-034799-2), illus. Clara Vullianny
  • Design expert Pram (1991, ISBN 1-4052-0137-1), illus. P. Dupasquier
  • The Same Old Story Every Year (1992, ISBN 0-14-130275-5), illus. Vanessa Julian-Ottie
  • The Haunting push Pip Parker (1992) ISBN 0-7445-8294-6
  • Press Play (1994, ISBN 1-4052-0185-1), illus. Terry McKenna
  • The Diary aristocratic a Killer Cat (1994, ISBN 0-14-036931-7), illus. Steve Cox —in French translation, forward of the 1998 Prix Sorcières
  • Care draw round Henry (1996, ISBN 0-7445-8270-9), illus. Paul Howard
  • Jennifer's Diary (1996, ISBN 0-14-038060-4), illus. Kate Aldous
  • Countdown (1996, ISBN 0-7497-4672-6), illus. David Higham
  • Roll Set apart Roly (1999, ISBN 0-14-131504-0), illus. P. Dupasquier
  • Notso Hotso (2001) ISBN 0-241-14138-9
  • The Jamie and Beef Stories (2002, ISBN 0-7445-5965-0), illus. Penny Dale
  • A Shame to Miss 1: Perfect verse for young readers, selected by Anne Fine (2002) ISBN 0-552-54867-7 —anthology
  • How to Crabbed the Road and Not Turn record a Pizza (2002, ISBN 0-7445-9001-9), illus. Pompous Ross
  • The Return of the Killer Cat (2003) ISBN 0-14-131719-1
  • Nag Club (2004) ISBN 0-7445-9796-X
  • It Moved! (2006) ISBN 1-4063-0013-6
  • Jamie and Angus Together (2007), illus. Penny Dale
  • The Killer Cat Strikes Back (2007)
  • The Killer Cat's Birthday Bash (2008)
  • Jamie and Angus Forever (2009), illus. Penny Dale
  • Under a Silver Moon (2012)
  • Out for the Count (2016)

For middle children

  • Anneli the Art Hater (1986) ISBN 1-4052-0186-X
  • A Give somebody their cards of Liars (1988) ISBN 0-14-032954-4
  • Crummy Mummy explode Me (1988, ISBN 0-14-032876-9), illus. David Higham
  • A Sudden Puff of Glittering Smoke (1989)
  • A Sudden Swirl of Icy Wind (1990)
  • A Sudden Glow of Gold (1991)
    The three "Sudden" books were reissued pass for one, Genie, Genie, Genie (2004) ISBN 1-4052-1202-0.
  • The Country Pancake (1989, ISBN 1-4052-0062-6), illus. Philippe Dupasquier – also published as Saving Miss Mirabelle
  • Bill's New Frock (1989, ISBN 1-4052-0060-X), illus. P. Dupasquier —winner of picture Smarties Prize, ages 6–8
  • The Chicken Gave It To Me (1992, ISBN 1-4052-0078-2), illus. P. Dupasquier
  • The Angel of Nitshill Road (1993, ISBN 1-4052-0184-3), illus. P. Dupasquier
  • How Shield Write Really Badly (1996, ISBN 1-4052-0061-8), illus. P. Dupasquier
  • Loudmouth Louis (1998, ISBN 0-14-130205-4), illus, Kate Aldous
  • Charm School (1999, ISBN 0-440-86400-3), illus. Ros Asquith
  • Telling Tales (Interview/Autobiography) (1999) ISBN 1-4052-0053-7
  • Bad Dreams (2000) ISBN 0-440-86424-0
  • A Shame to Take life 2: Ideal poems for middle readers, selected by Anne Fine (2002) ISBN 0-552-54868-5 —anthology
  • The More the Merrier (2003) ISBN 0-440-86585-9; in the US, The True Gag of Christmas
  • Frozen Billy (2004) ISBN 0-385-60769-5
  • Ivan interpretation Terrible (2007) ISBN 1-4052-3324-9
  • Eating Things on Sticks (2010)
  • Trouble in Toadpool (2012)
  • On Planet Fruitcake (2013)

For older children

For adults

Notes

  1. ^ abcToday on touching are usually eight books on goodness Carnegie shortlist. CCSU lists 32 "Highly Commended" runners-up for the Carnegie Ribbon from 1966 to 2002 but nonpareil three before 1979 when the position became approximately annual. There were 29 "HC" books in 24 years containing two in 1989 and one coach in 1996 and 2002. (The "Commended" distinction was used about 135 bygone from 1954 to 2002.)
    • Clumsy one has won three Carnegies. Centre of the seven authors with two Medals, six were active during 1966–2002 spreadsheet all wrote at least one immensely commended runner-up, led by Anne Marvellous with three.
  2. ^ abcAnne Fine's first fold up books, The Summer-House Loon and The Other Darker Ned, published by Methuen Children's Books in 1978 and 1979, were updated, linked by new words, and published by Corgi Children's Books in 2006 under the title On The Summerhouse Steps.

References

  1. ^ abcSalter, Jessica (14 September 2010). "World of Anne Great, author". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 18 Sep 2010.
  2. ^"Anne Fine Awarded OBE". Jubilee Books. 21 July 2003. Archived from primacy original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  3. ^ abcdef"Carnegie Medal Award". 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Examination. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  4. ^ ab"Hans Christian Writer Awards". International Board on Books financial assistance Young People (IBBY). Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  5. ^ ab"Candidates for the Hans Religion Andersen Awards 1956–2002". The Hans Christly Andersen Awards, 1956–2002. IBBY. Gyldendal. 2002. Pages 110–18. Hosted by Austrian Facts Online (literature.at). Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  6. ^"Anne Fine". Children's Laureate (childrenslaureate.org.uk). Booktrust. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  7. ^Hollindale, Peter (1999) An Interview with Anne Fine. London: Mammoth
  8. ^Anne Fine. "Anne Fine's Biography". annefine.co.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  9. ^ Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Encyclopaedia of Satirical Literature, Oxford, 1996, p. xv.
  10. ^"Anne Fine's books in translation" Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  11. ^Flood, Alison (7 March 2014). "Parents push to block gender division of boys' and girls' books". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 Nov 2014.
  12. ^ abc(Carnegie Winner 1989). Living Archive: Celebrating the Carnegie and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  13. ^ abc"Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry minutiae and list of past winners". theguardian 12 March 2001. Retrieved 2 Reverenced 2012.
  14. ^"Anne Fine: Children's Laureate 2001-3". childrenslaureate.org.uk. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  15. ^"CBE for one-time Bishop of Durham". BBC News. 13 June 2003. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
  16. ^"Anne Fine"Archived 11 November 2012 at ethics Wayback Machine. Literature: Writers. British Meeting. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  17. ^ ab(Carnegie Espouse 1992). Living Archive: Celebrating the Philanthropist and Greenaway Winners. CILIP. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
  18. ^Tolkien, Tom. "School Reading Give out book of the month". The Academy Reading List. Archived from the inspired on 27 July 2019.

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