Franny Billingsley - World Literary Awards

Profile

Gender: Female
Born: 1954-07-03
Nationality: American
Languages: English
Residence History: Chicago

Career

Occupations: Writer
Active Years: 1997-2021
Affiliations: 57th Street Books
Influenced By: Patrick Billingsley
Nominations: 2011 National Book Award for Young People's Literature finalist (Chime)

Education

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
Tufts University	—	—	—	—	United States
Boston University School of Law	—	Law	J.D.	—	United States

Tufts University

Year of Graduation: 1976

Country: United States

Boston University School of Law

Law

Degree: J.D.

Year of Graduation: 1979

Country: United States

Awards

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
1998	Anne Spencer Lindbergh Prize Honor Book	Well Wished	best fantasy written in the English language	—	Honor Book
2000	Boston Globe–Horn Book Award	The Folk Keeper	Fiction	—	Winner
2000	Mythopoeic Fantasy Award	The Folk Keeper	Children's Literature	—	Winner
2003	PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship	—	—	PEN America	Fellowship

Anne Spencer Lindbergh Prize Honor Book

1998

Work: Well Wished

Category: best fantasy written in the English language

Result: Honor Book

Boston Globe–Horn Book Award

2000

Work: The Folk Keeper

Category: Fiction

Result: Winner

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award

2000

Work: The Folk Keeper

Category: Children's Literature

Result: Winner

PEN/Phyllis Naylor Working Writer Fellowship

2003

Organization: PEN America

Result: Fellowship

Awards & Nominations

Mythopoeic Awards 1 appearances

Edition 30 (2000) Winner

Works

Major Works

Well Wished

1997 Children's fantasy

The Folk Keeper

1999 Children's fantasy

Big Bad Bunny

2008 Picture book

Chime

2011 Children's fantasy

The Robber Girl

2021 Children's fantasy

Bibliography

Well Wished
The Folk Keeper
Big Bad Bunny
Chime
The Robber Girl

Legacy

American children's fantasy novelist known for works like Chime.