The People's Book Prize Finalists - Children 2009/2010 :: Non Fiction :: Fiction
| Alan Brown
- Love-a-Duck Published by
Gullane Children's Books ISBN 9781862337718 - Winner TPBP May 2010 |
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| Alan Brown lives in the Peak District with fellow author Berlie Doherty. They share a double family with growing grandchildren. Alan still loves silly TV and films. His more serious hobbies are walking, playing tennis and the flute - well, maybe not very serious! | |
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| Oliver Eade
- Moon Rabbit - Published by
Delancey Press ISBN 978-1-907205-12-5 Category Children's, 7-12 yrs 19 colour illustrations - TPBP Winner November 2009 |
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| Oliver Eade is a writer of short stories, novels and drama. He lives in Scotland and regularly visits his wife's relatives in China. Moon Rabbit is his debut children's novel. | |
| Steve
Eggleton - Brother Egbert & the
Carpenter of Willingford - Published
by
The Erskine Press ISBN 978 1 85297 099 4 Category children 6 - 12 yrs with 70 illustrations - TPBP Winner June 2009 |
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| Steve Eggleton is best known for his relief sculptures strongly influenced by his love of medieval carving. His sculptures and carved signs can be seen across the East Anglian region | |
| Philip J
King - Bluey Meets Father Christmas
- Published by
The Jolly Publishing Company Ltd
(TJPC) ISBN 0954910613 Category Children's, 4 - 8 yrs with 22 colour illustrations TPBP Winner December 2009 |
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| Philip King just ended a period of 26 years as an estate agent to have more time to write. He is halfway through a murder mystery called Rainbow Valley - a proposed television series about estate agents. From 1972 to 1982 King was a DJ. He grew up in the family bakers and started working at the age of ten. King is married with two grown up children and lives in Farnham, Surrey. | |
| Susan
Morris - Fritha's Summer - Published
by
MPress Books Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9551886-6-4 Category 9-12 yrs - TPBP Winner July 2009 |
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| Susan Morris read English at Oxford University. In her career as a teacher she has taught English and Creative Writing in schools and Colleges of Further Education. She has had short stories and articles published in national magazines. She has two daughters and lives in Cornwall beside the sea. | |
| SALLY
MULHOLLAND AND LAMORNA BONNER-OAKEY
- When Dinosaurs Came to Town -
Published by
Arthur H Stockwell Ltd ISBN 9780722339480 TPBP Winner May 2010 |
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| Sally Mulholland recently obtained a degree in Educational Studies, and is a mum of two. Lamorna is a self-taught artist whose work has been short-listed at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 2008 in London and is a mum of three and grandmother. | |
| M B O'Reilly - Tales from Olympus - Published by Imprimata Publishers ISBN 9781906192129 Category 9 yrs+ - TPBP Winner September 2009 | |
| M B O'Reilly is a classics scholar turned full time mother. She lives in Glasgow. | |
| Adam
Perrott - Eerie Deirdre Darkly -
Published by
Clementine Publishing ISBN 978-0955903915 Category Children's humour / 7-11 yrs / 4 illustrations - Winner TPBP February 2010 |
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| Adam started his career around books as a bookseller for Hammicks, Ottakers and then Waterstones. The birth of his first child saw him leaving work to concentrate on caring for his son and writing full time. Eerie Deirdre Darkly is his first book and is the first in a series. | |
| Alan Porter
- The Black Pear - Published by
Eyelevel Books ISBN 9781902528816 (Paperback); 97819 Category 11-14 yrs - TPBP Winner August 2009 |
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| Alan Porter is a reclusive forty year old writer living in rural Worcestershire. Having worked as a professional musician for ten years, he turned his back on public life and now writes children's fiction full time. His first novel, 'Midwinter Lucie', was published in June 2008. | |
| Bill
Russell - Chip Donovan and the
Dragonfly - Published by
Delancey Press ISBN 978 0953 9119 2 6 Category 6 - 10 yrs 24 colour illustrations - TPBP Winner October 2009 |
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| Bill Russell writes music and lyrics. This is his first children's book. Russell has written a song to go with this enchanting story. For a free download visit: www.delanceypress.com | |
| Preston Rutt - Tortoise vs Hare - Published by Meadowside Children's Books Category Picture Book 4-6 years old - TPBP Winner March 2010 | |
| Ever since he first held a crayon, Preston Rutt has loved writing. He started by writing all over the wallpaper and took things from there. 30 years, three schools, one university and six advertising agencies, later, Preston loves writing more than ever; living in Kew with his writer wife, and son Archie. | |
| David Walliams - Mr. Stink -
Published by
Harper Collins Children's Books
ISBN 978-0-00-727905-0 Category 9+ yrs, 30 b&w illustrations - TPBP Winner January 2010 |
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| David Walliams is an actor and writer best known for his work with Matt Lucas in the multi-award winning sketch show Little Britain. His first novel was The Boy in the Dress, which had great success. This is his second and most recent novel. | |