Lesley Howarth
British children's writer
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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]
Lesley Howarth | |
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| Born | 29 December 1952 Bournemouth, England |
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| Notable awards | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (1995) |
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]
Biography
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]
Awards
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] |
Works
- The Flower King (1993)
- MapHead (1994)
- Weather Eye (1995)
- The Pits (1996)
- Fort Biscuit (1996), illustrated by Ann Kronheimer
- Welcome to Inner Space (1997)
- MapHead 2 (1997); US title, Maphead: the return
- Quirx : The Edge of the World (1998)
- Bad Rep (1998), illus. Mark Oliver
- Paulina (1999)
- Yamabusters (1999)
- The Squint (1999), illus. Jeff Cummins
- Aliens for Dinner (1999)
- Mister Spaceman (2000)
- I Managed a Monster (2000)
- No Accident (2000)
- Ultraviolet (2001)
- Carwash (2002)
- Dade County's Big Summer (2002)
- Drive (2004)
- Colossus (2004)
- Calling the Shots (2006)
- Bodyswap: The Boy Who Was 84 (2009)
- Tales from the Sick Bed (London: Catnip, 2009), as by L. P. Howarth
- Tales from the Sick Bed: Brainstorms
- Tales from the Sick Bed: Fever Dreams
- Tales from the Sick Bed: The Medicine Chest
- Swarf (2010)
See also
Notes
- Today there are usually eight books on the Carnegie shortlist. According to CCSU some runners-up through 2002 were Commended (from 1954) or Highly Commended (from 1966). The latter distinction became approximately annual in 1979; there were 29 highly commended books in 24 years including Howarth and Berlie Doherty for 1994.