Geraldine McCaughrean
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'''Geraldine McCaughrean''' (pronounced "Mc-''cork''-ran")<ref>"Geraldine McCaughrean" in ''Contemporary Authors Online'', Thomson Gale, entry updated 4/15/2004.</ref> (born [[6 June]] [[1951]]) is a [[UK|British]] [[children's literature|children's novelist]].
==Early life==
McCaughrean was born in North London, attending [[Enfield County School]],<ref>[http://www.peters-books.co.uk/mccaughrean.htm Peters Bookselling Services<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and took an education degree at [[Canterbury Christ Church University|Christ Church College, Canterbury]],<ref>{{cite web
| last =Tucker
| first =Nicholas
| title =Geraldine McCaughrean: Surfing the sea of stories
| work =The Independent
| publisher =Independent News and Media Limited
| date =2005-07-22
| url =http://arts.independent.co.uk/books/features/article300666.ece
| accessdate = 2007-11-20 }}</ref> then worked in magazine publishing for ten years before becoming a full-time writer.
==Literary career==
She has written more than 130 books, and won numerous prizes, including:
*The [[Carnegie Medal]] in 1988 and the [[Guardian Award|Guardian Prize]] in 1989 for ''A Pack of Lies''
*The [[Whitbread Book Awards|Whitbread Children's Book Award]] in 1987 for ''A Little Lower Than the Angels''
*The [[Whitbread Book Awards|Whitbread Children's Book Award]] in 1994 for ''Gold Dust''
*The [[Whitbread Book Awards|Whitbread Children's Book Award]] in 2004 for ''Not the End of the World''
*The [[Michael L. Printz Award]] in 2008 for ''The White Darkness''
She has also won awards for her writing in both Germany and America, and has been translated into over 38 languages worldwide. Her work includes a retelling for children of the story of [[The Odyssey]].
In 2005, she was selected by [[Great Ormond Street Hospital]] to write an official sequel to [[J.M. Barrie]]'s ''[[Peter Pan]]'', titled ''[[Peter Pan in Scarlet]]''.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4630636.stm BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Scarlet name for Peter Pan sequel<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
She has also written six historical novels for adults. She also wrote "The Pirate's Son".
==Personal life==
She now lives in Berkshire with her husband John and daughter Ailsa.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25339-2421248,00.html "Neverland regained"]: a review in the [http://www.the-tls.co.uk TLS] by Mick Imlah October 25th 2006
*[http://www.geraldinemccaughrean.co.uk/Indexx.html Geraldine McCaughrean Home page]
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