Lesley Howarth | |
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Born | Bournemouth, England | December 29, 1952
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Notable awards | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (1995) |
Lesley Howarth (born 29 December 1952)[1] is a British author of children's and young adult fiction. For the novel Maphead, published by Walker Books in 1994, she won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers,[2] and she was a runner-up for the Carnegie Medal.[3][a]
Reviewers including Philip Pullman have remarked upon Howarth's ability to "humanize" highly technical or unusual subjects, a tendency which she calls "the romance of hard things".[4][5]
Howarth was born 29 December 1952 in Bournemouth, England.[1] As a child, she attended the Bournemouth School for Girls, then, as an adult, received education from the Bournemouth College of Art and Croydon College of Art.[1]
The Pits (1996) is a Junior Library Guild book.[6]
In January 2000, The Guardian named Mister Spaceman the children's book of the week.[7]
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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1993 | The Flower King | Whitbread Children's Book Award | Shortlist | [1] |
1994 | MapHead | Carnegie Medal | Shortlist | [3][a] |
1995 | MapHead | Guardian Children's Fiction Award | Winner | [2][8] |
1995 | Weather Eye | Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (ages 9–11) | Winner | [citation needed] |
1995 | MapHead | W. H. Smith Mind Boggling Books Award | Shortlist | [1] |
1995 | MapHead | Young Telegraph Book Award | Shortlist | [1] |