Sylvia Waugh

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Sylvia Waugh (born 1935) is a British writer of children's books.

Biography[]

Sylvia Waugh was born in Gateshead, County Durham, Northern England and attended Gateshead Grammar School. Having worked full-time as a grammar teacher for seventeen years, Waugh began her writing career in her late fifties.[1] Her first book, The Mennyms, was published by Julia McRae in 1993 and won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.[2] She continued The Mennyms as a cycle of five books (1993 to 1996) that have appeared in seventeen languages.[citation needed] The Ormingat books received good reviews and have been published in Japanese (all three books) and Spanish (Space Race).

Selected works[]

The Mennyms

  • 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

  • Space Race (2000)
  • Earthborn (2002)
  • Who Goes Home? (2003)

Awards[]

Beside winning the Guardian Prize,[2] The Mennyms (book one) was recognised in other ways:[3]

  • The Birmingham Readers & Writers Children's Book Award - a new prize, selected by schoolchildren
  • An official commendation and the (CPNB) for the Dutch 'Mennyms under Siege'
  • A certificate from the American Hungry Mind Review naming it one of its 'Children's Books of Distinction'
  • 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'.
  • The whole series was awarded the 2000 in Vienna.

References[]

  1. ^ Whetstone, David (2016-03-01). "11 notable North East books for young readers". ChronicleLive. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched". The Guardian. 12 March 2001. Retrieved 23 May 2008.
  3. ^ "Sylvia Waugh (1935–) Biography - Personal, Addresses, Career, Honors Awards, Writings, Work in Progress, Sidelights". biography.jrank.org. Retrieved 2021-03-19.

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