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Geraldine McCaughrean

ジェラルディン・マコーリン

Jeraldin Makōrin

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1951-06-06 （London）
Nationality
British
Languages
English
Residence History
North London

Career

Occupations
children's novelist, children's book author
Active Years
1987-2024
Memberships
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Fellow of the English Association, Honorary Fellow of Canterbury Christ Church University
Nominations
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Bronze (multiple)

Education

Southgate Technical College
Period: 1969-1970
Country: England
Christ Church College, Canterbury
Degree: Bachelor of Education
Year of Graduation: 1977
Country: England
with honors

Awards

Whitbread Award for Children's Book
1987
Work: A Little Lower Than the Angels
Organization: Whitbread
Result: Winner
Carnegie Medal
1988
Work: A Pack of Lies
Organization: CILIP
Result: Winner
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
1989
Organization: The Guardian
Result: Winner
Whitbread Award for Children's Book
1994
Work: Gold Dust
Organization: Whitbread
Result: Winner
Blue Peter Book Award
2000
Work: A Pilgrim's Progress
Category: Book of the Year
Organization: BBC
Result: Winner
Blue Peter Book Award
2001
Work: The Kite Rider
Category: Best Book to Keep Forever
Organization: BBC
Result: Winner
Michael L. Printz Award
2008
Work: The White Darkness
Organization: American Library Association
Result: Winner
Whitbread Award for Children's Book
2004
Work: Not the End of the World
Organization: Whitbread
Result: Winner
Carnegie Medal
2018
Work: Where the World Ends
Organization: CILIP
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Peter Pan in Scarlet

2006 Children's literature, Fantasy

Official sequel to Peter Pan commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital.

adventuregrowing upNeverland

The Kite Rider

2001 Historical children's novel

A boy's adventure story set in Yuan Dynasty China.

adventurefamilyskycourage

Where the World Ends

2017 Historical children's fiction

Survival story of a boy on a remote Scottish island in the 18th century. Carnegie Medal winner.

survivalisolationfriendship

The White Darkness

2005 Adventure young adult

Story of a girl dreaming of Antarctic exploration. Printz Award winner.

explorationlonelinessloss

A Pack of Lies

1988 Children's literature

A collection of tall tales told by a bookstore boy. Carnegie Medal winner.

liesstoriesreality

Bibliography

  • A Little Lower Than the Angels (1987)
  • A Pack of Lies (1988)
  • Gold Dust (1993)
  • Blue Moon Mountain (1994)
  • Plundering Paradise (1996)
  • Forever X (1997)
  • The Stones Are Hatching (1999)
  • The Great Chase (2000)
  • Stop the Train! (2001)
  • The Kite Rider (2001)
  • Showstopper! (2003)
  • Smile! (2004)
  • Not the End of the World (2004)
  • The White Darkness (2005)
  • Cyrano (2006)
  • Peter Pan in Scarlet (2006)
  • Tamburlaine's Elephants (2007)
  • The Death-Defying Pepper Roux (2009)
  • Pull Out All The Stops! (2010)
  • Robin Hood & the Golden Arrow and a World of Other Stories (2011)
  • The Positively Last Performance (2013)
  • The Middle of Nowhere (2013)
  • Where the World Ends (2017)
  • The Supreme Lie (2021)

Translations of Works

  • Translated into 44 languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
retellings of classic talesvivid storytellingpoetic prose
Recurring Motifs
adventuremyths and legendshistorical eventsloss and recovery

Legacy

Prolific British children's writer with over 170 books. Twice Carnegie Medal winner, Michael L. Printz Award, among many honors. Author of the official Peter Pan sequel. UK nominee for Hans Christian Andersen Award.

In Popular Culture

  • Contribution to Peter Pan universe via official sequel

Trivia

  • Surname pronounced mə-KAWK-rən
  • Selected via competition by Great Ormond Street Hospital to write Peter Pan sequel
  • Studied teaching but pursued writing
  • Youngest of three siblings