Carnegie Medal for Writing
1 appearances
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Edition 52 (1987) Winner
Susan Price
スーザン・プライス
Susan Price
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1955-07-08 （Dudley, England）
- Nationality
- English
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Black Country, England
Career
- Occupations
- Author of children's novels, Author of young adult novels
- Active Years
- 1973-2024
- Affiliations
- Royal Literary Fund, De Montfort University
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Carnegie Medal | The Ghost Drum | — | Library Association | winner |
| 1998 | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize | The Sterkarm Handshake | — | Guardian | winner |
Carnegie Medal
1987
Work:
The Ghost Drum
Organization:
Library Association
Result:
winner
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
1998
Work:
The Sterkarm Handshake
Organization:
Guardian
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 35 (1999) Winner
Works
Major Works
The Ghost Drum
1987 FantasyAn original fairy tale using elements from Russian history and folklore.
Ghost WorldRussian folklore
The Sterkarm Handshake
1998 Science FictionTime travel brings together a 21st-century anthropologist and a 16th-century Scottish warrior.
Time travelCultural clash
Bibliography
- city life (1974)
- Twopence a Tub (1975)
- Sticks and Stones (1976)
- Home from Home (1977)
- The Devil's Piper (1973)
- The Ghost Drum (1987)
- The Sterkarm Handshake (1998)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- FantasyScience fictionGhost storiesHistorical fictionFolklore retellings
- Recurring Motifs
- Black Country influenceIndustrial revolution landscape
Legacy
English author who won the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Prize. Author of over 60 books grounded in Black Country history.
Trivia
- From a working-class family, left school without qualifications, stacked supermarket shelves and washed up in hotel kitchens while writing her first books.