Sylvia Waugh
Sylvia Waugh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1935 (age 88–89) Gateshead, England |
| Occupation | Writer of children's books |
| Nationality | British |
| Notable awards | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (1994) |
| Children | 3 |
Sylvia Waugh (born 1935)[1] is a British writer of children's books.
Biography[edit]
Waugh was born in Gateshead, Northern England in 1935.[1] Having worked as a teacher, careers advisor and teacher-librarian, Waugh began her writing career in 1987.[2] Her first book, The Mennyms, was published by Julia McRae in 1993 and won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.[3] She continued The Mennyms as a series of five books (1993 to 1996).[4]
Awards[edit]
Beside winning the Guardian Prize,[3] The Mennyms (book one) was recognised in other ways:
- The Birmingham Readers & Writers Children's Book Award - a new prize, selected by schoolchildren[citation needed]
- An official commendation and the Silver Kiss (CPNB) for the Dutch 'Mennyms under Siege'[citation needed]
- A certificate from the American Hungry Mind Review naming it one of its 'Children's Books of Distinction'[citation needed]
- American Parenting magazine's 'Reading Magic Awards' - one of the top ten children's books in the USA for 1994, and one of the ten books of the decade that 'best withstand the test of time'.[citation needed]
- The whole series was awarded the Kinderbuchpreis 2000 in Vienna.[citation needed]
Selected works[edit]
The Mennyms[edit]
- The Mennyms (Julia MacRae, 1993) — her first book
- Mennyms in the Wilderness (1994)
- Mennyms Under Siege (1995)
- Mennyms Alone (1996)
- Mennyms Alive (1996)
Ormingat trilogy[edit]
- Space Race (2000)
- Earthborn (2002)
- Who Goes Home? (2003)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Waugh, Sylvia 1935–". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ Whetstone, David (1 March 2016). "11 notable North East books for young readers". ChronicleLive. Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched". The Guardian. 12 March 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
- ^ "Sylvia Waugh's Mennyms books in order". www.fantasticfiction.com. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
External links[edit]
- Sylvia Waugh at Library of Congress, with 8 library catalogue records
- Sylvia Waugh at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
