Sylvia Waugh | |
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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.
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]
Beside winning the Guardian Prize,[3] The Mennyms (book one) was recognised in other ways: