Costa Book Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 40 (2010) Winner
Jason Wallace
ジェイソン・ウォレス
Jason Wallace
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1969 （Cheltenham, Gloucestershire）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Cheltenham, Gloucestershire → London, England → Zimbabwe (Peterhouse Boys' School) → South West London, England
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Novelist
- Active Years
- 2010-2024
- Influenced By
- Dr. Seuss, Richard Scarry, Roald Dahl, Stephen King, James Herbert
- Nominations
- Shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize 2010, Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2011
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peterhouse Boys' School | — | Unknown | — | 1983頃 | Zimbabwe |
Peterhouse Boys' School
Unknown
Period:
1983頃
Country:
Zimbabwe
Boarding school
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Costa Children's Book Award | Out of Shadows | Children's Book | Costa Book Awards | winner |
| 2011 | Branford Boase Award | Out of Shadows | — | — | winner |
| 2011 | UKLA Children's Book Award | Out of Shadows | — | — | winner |
Costa Children's Book Award
2010
Work:
Out of Shadows
Category:
Children's Book
Organization:
Costa Book Awards
Result:
winner
Branford Boase Award
2011
Work:
Out of Shadows
Result:
winner
UKLA Children's Book Award
2011
Work:
Out of Shadows
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Out of Shadows
2010 Young adult novelSet in a Zimbabwean boarding school shortly after the Rhodesian Bush War, it explores bullying, racism, politics, and morality.
bullyingracismpoliticsmorality
Encounters
2017 Young adult novelSet in Zimbabwe in the 1990s, inspired by true events.
Zimbabwean history
Bibliography
- Out of Shadows (2010)
- Encounters (2017)
Style & Themes
- Recurring Motifs
- Zimbabweboarding schoolpolitical turmoil
Legacy
British author who debuted with the Costa Children's Book Award winner Out of Shadows, known for works set in Zimbabwe.
Quotes
-
getting published didn't happen overnight, and writing had to become "the other job" for which I didn't get paid while life continued.
Source: Jason Wallace Website (2011) -
always had a fertile imagination, but as far as I'm concerned, it's the school I need to thank for inadvertently nurturing my will to write through strong discipline.
Source: Jason Wallace Website (2011)
Trivia
- Descendant of Lord George Sanger, a world-famous Victorian circus owner.
- Loosely related to J.R.R. Tolkien through a marriage in his family tree.