Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 26 (1992) Winner
Rachel Anderson
レイチェル・アンダーソン
Reicheru Andāson
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1943 （Hampton Court, Surrey, England）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Hampton Court, Surrey, England → Cromer, Norfolk, England
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Journalist
- Active Years
- 1965-2024
- Affiliations
- Good Housekeeping
- Influenced By
- Verily Anderson, David Bradby
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize | Paper Faces | — | The Guardian | winner |
| 1990 | Medical Journalists' Award | — | — | — | winner |
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
1992
Work:
Paper Faces
Organization:
The Guardian
Result:
winner
Medical Journalists' Award
1990
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Paper Faces
1991 Children's FictionA girl copes with her father's shell shock and absence during World War I by creating paper faces. Features positive portrayal of characters with learning disabilities.
warfamilylearning disabilitiesalienation
Pineapple
1965 Adult FictionHer first adult novel.
love
Asylum
2011 Young Adult FictionTeenage novel published in the same week as her mother's final book.
social injusticealienation
Bibliography
- Moffatt's Road
- Tim Walks
- Jessy Runs Away
- French Lessons
- Tough as Old Boots
- The Bus People
- Julie and the Queen of Tonga
- Best Friends
- Treasures for Cousin Crystal
- The Working Class
- Jessy and the Long-short Dress
- Black Water
- The Doll's House
- Princess Jazz and the Angels
- Letters from Heaven
- Blackthorn, Whitethorn
- Carly's Luck
- Ollie and the Trainers
- The Scavenger's Tale
- The War Orphan
- The Flight of the Emu
- Joe's Story
- Paper Faces
- The Rattletrap Trip
- Hello Peanut!
- Hugo and the Long Red Arm
- Pizza on Saturday
- The Poacher's Son
- Warlands
- This Strange New Life
- Red Moon
- Big Ben
- Asylum
- Little Angel Comes to Stay
- Little Angel, Bonjour
- Happy Christmas Little Angel
- Bloom of Youth
- Grandmother's Footsteps
- Stronger than Mountains
- Pineapple
- Dream Lovers
- For the Love of Sang
- The Purple Heart Throbs: The Sub-literature of Love
Translations by Author
- The Cat's Tale
- Renard the Fox
- Wild Goose Chase
- Little Lost Fox
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- simple and engaging styleaccessible narrative for children
- Recurring Motifs
- positive portrayal of characters with learning disabilitiessocial injusticealienation
Legacy
Renowned for children's books with positive portrayals of characters with learning disabilities, and themes of social injustice and alienation. Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
Trivia
- Daughter of writer Verily Anderson.
- Married to writer and translator David Bradby for 45 years until his death in 2011.
- Mother of four children with a range of grandchildren.
- Left school at 16 to become a journalist.
- Children's book reviews editor for Good Housekeeping for 10 years.