Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (1995) Winner
Lesley Howarth
レスリー・ハワース
Resurī Howāsu
Pen Names:
L. P. Howarth（Used for Tales from the Sick Bed series）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1952-12-29 （Bournemouth, England）
- Nationality
- British
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- children's author, young adult fiction author
- Active Years
- 1993-2010
- Nominations
- Whitbread Children's Book Award shortlist (The Flower King, 1993), Carnegie Medal shortlist (MapHead, 1994), W. H. Smith Mind Boggling Books Award shortlist (MapHead, 1995), Young Telegraph Book Award shortlist (MapHead, 1995)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournemouth School for Girls | — | — | — | 幼少期 | United Kingdom |
| Bournemouth College of Art | — | Art | — | — | United Kingdom |
| Croydon College of Art | — | Art | — | — | United Kingdom |
Bournemouth School for Girls
Period:
幼少期
Country:
United Kingdom
Attended as a child
Bournemouth College of Art
Art
Country:
United Kingdom
Croydon College of Art
Art
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize | MapHead | — | The Guardian | winner |
| 1995 | Nestlé Smarties Book Prize | Weather Eye | 9-11歳部門 | Nestlé | winner |
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
1995
Work:
MapHead
Organization:
The Guardian
Result:
winner
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
1995
Work:
Weather Eye
Category:
9-11歳部門
Organization:
Nestlé
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1995) Winner
Works
Major Works
MapHead
1994 Children's literatureA story involving adventures with maps.
mapsadventuretechnology
Bibliography
- The Flower King (1993)
- MapHead (1994)
- Weather Eye (1995)
- The Pits (1996)
- Fort Biscuit (1996)
- Welcome to Inner Space (1997)
- MapHead 2 (1997) / Maphead: the return (US)
- Quirx: The Edge of the World (1998)
- Bad Rep (1998)
- Paulina (1999)
- Yamabusters (1999)
- The Squint (1999)
- Aliens for Dinner (1999)
- Mister Spaceman (2000)
- I Managed a Monster (2000)
- No Accident (2000)
- Ultraviolet (2001)
- Carwash (2002)
- Dade County's Big Summer (2002)
- Drive (2004)
- Colossus (2004)
- Calling the Shots (2006)
- Bodyswap: The Boy Who Was 84 (2009)
- Tales from the Sick Bed (2009)
- Swarf (2010)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Humanizing highly technical or unusual subjectsThe romance of hard things
Legacy
Award-winning British children's author, notably Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winner.
Quotes
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Reviewers including Philip Pullman have remarked upon Howarth's ability to 'humanize' highly technical or unusual subjects.
Source: The Guardian (2000)