Betty Trask Prize and Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (2000) Winner
Galaxy Craze
ぎゃらくしー・くれいず
Gyarakushī Kureizu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1970-01-01 （London, England, U.K.）
- Nationality
- British-American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- None
- Residence History
- London, England → California → Ashram in Florida → New York City → Amherst, Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Actress
- Active Years
- 1991-2024
- Influenced By
- Mary Gordon
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barnard College | — | Literature | Bachelor of Arts | — | United States |
| New York University | — | Creative Writing | Master's | — | United States |
Barnard College
Literature
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Year of Graduation:
1993
Country:
United States
Mentored by writing teacher Mary Gordon.
New York University
Creative Writing
Degree:
Master's
Country:
United States
Enrolled on full scholarship from The New York Times.
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
By the Shore
1999 Literary FictionFollows the story of May, a 12-year-old girl with a young, self-absorbed mother who struggles with single parenthood, romance, and running a bed and breakfast.
FamilyMother-child relationshipsAutobiographical elements
Tiger, Tiger
2008 Literary FictionTakes place two years after By the Shore, involving May's mother moving herself and her children to an ashram near Los Angeles.
Disintegrating familyAshram lifeAutobiographical elements
The Last Princess
2012 Young Adult Science FictionPrincess Eliza Windsor fights comic-book evil in a post-apocalyptic United Kingdom.
Post-apocalypseRoyaltySurvival
Invasion
2015 Young Adult Science FictionPrequel to The Last Princess.
Post-apocalypseInvasion
Mapmaker
2015 Young Adult MysteryYA mystery co-written with screenwriter Mark Bomback.
MysteryAdventure
Bibliography
- By the Shore
- Tiger, Tiger
- The Last Princess
- Invasion
- Mapmaker
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Deceptively slight and simpleHaunting proseAutobiographical narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Disintegrating familiesMaternal strugglesAdolescent perspective
Legacy
British-American novelist and former actress acclaimed for semi-autobiographical novels about family struggles, as well as YA science fiction, fantasy, and mystery fiction.
Trivia
- Given her unusual name by her hippie mother; she has said 'I don't recommend people give their kids weird names.'
- Moved to California with her divorced mother at age eight or ten.
- Attended boarding school from age 12, funded by her grandmother.
- Married novelist and documentary producer Sam Brumbaugh in 2002; they have two children.