Geraldine McCaughrean (pronounced "Muh-cork-ran") (born 6 June 1951) is a British children's novelist.

Biography

McCaughrean was born in North London, attending Enfield County School, and took an education degree at Christ Church College, Canterbury, then worked in magazine publishing for ten years before becoming a full-time writer.

McCaughrean now lives in Berkshire with her husband John and daughter Ailsa.

Literary career

She has written more than 140 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
• The Michael L. Printz Award in 2008 for The White Darkness

Geraldine has also won awards for her writing in both Germany and America, and has been translated into over 38 languages worldwide. Her work includes a retelling for children of the story of The Odyssey. 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.

She has also written six historical novels for adults. In addition, McCaughrean has also written many fiction books, including The Kite Rider, The Stones are Hatching, and The Pirate's Son.

References

External links

• Official website of Geraldine McCaughrean
• "Neverland regained": a review in the TLS by Mick Imlah, 25 October 2006