Theresa Breslin OBE | |
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.jpg) Breslin in 2023 | |
| Born | Theresa Green Kirkintilloch, Scotland |
| Occupation | Writer |
Theresa Breslin OBE is a Scottish author. Winner of the 1994 Carnegie Medal. Breslin is the author of over 50 books. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Association for Scottish Literary Studies.
In 2019 Breslin received an O.B.E. in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature.
Breslin grew up in Kirkintilloch in Scotland.[1] She started writing as a teenager; writing about the closing of a nearby steel mill.[2] She attended Aston University in Birmingham. She began writing for publication whilst employed as a librarian, and she has published over 50 books.[3]
Whispers in the Graveyard, published in 1994, features a dyslexic boy. Breslin won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising it as that year's best children's book.[4]
Her book Prisoners in the Graveyard was shortlisted for another Carnegie Medal in 2010.[5]
Breslin was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to literature.[6] She was awarded the Scottish Book Trust's Outstanding Achievement Award in that year.
Breslin is married with four children.[citation needed]
Divided City (2005) is her eighth book for the Doubleday list. The Medici Seal, (August 2006) for which her research was extensive, with trips to study Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous works, including the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. The Medici Seal is a tale of intrigue, murder and betrayal which follows the journey of Matteo as he travels with Leonardo across Italy on the Borgias' business.[citation needed]
