Anne Fine

Anne Fine (born December 7, 1947 in Leicester ) is a British writer . She was the second winner of the Children's Laureate Literature Prize from 2001-2003 .

Anne Fine studied history and political science in Warwick . She then worked for a year as a teacher, then at Oxford as an information officer for Oxfam . When her first daughter was born in 1971, she started writing. She was married to the British philosopher Kit Fine and has two daughters, Cordelia and Ione. Fine lives in Barnard Castle .

Awards

• Children's Laureate 2001-2003
• Whitbread Book Award
  • 1996 for The Tulip Touch
  • 1993 for Flour Babies
• Carnegie Medal
  • 1992 for Flour Babies
  • 1989 for goggle eyes
• 1989 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize for Bill's New Frock
• Guardian Award 1990 for goggle eyes

Works (selection)

• Flour Babies (German The Baby Project , 1995)
• The Tulip Touch (German Typically Tulipa , 1998)
• Goggle-eyes (German The New , 1989)
• Step by Wicked Step (German family game , 1995)
• Madame Doubtfire (German Mrs. Doubtfire , 1994)
• Bill's New Frock (German Bill's new dress , 1993)
• Up on Cloud Nine (dt. On Cloud Nine , 2003)
• The Granny Project (Eng. The Grandma Project , 1990)
• The Stone Menagerie (dt. The Stone Menagerie , 1989)
• The Book of the Banshee (German Family War , 1994)
• Bad Dreams (German bad dreams , 2004)
• How to Write Really Badly (dt. The calligrapher , 2001)
• A Pack of Liars ( Eng . The gang of lies )
• The Angel of Nitshill Road (dt. An angel in the school , 1996)
• The Chicken gave it to Me (dt. A totally crazy chicken , 1997)
• A Sudden Glow of Gold (German gold fog )
• The Country Pancake (German Cow Lotto , 1993)
• Charm School (German Miss Charming , 2001)
• Crummy Mummy and Me (German Punky Mami , 1998)
• Loudmouth Louis (German Quassel-Philipp , 2002)
• A Sudden Puff of Glittering Smoke (German magic mist , 1995)
• Scaredy-Cat (German: Anna is not a scaredy , transl .: Ulli and Herbert Günther , 2000)
• All Bones and Lies (dt. Too much of a good thing , 2001)
• Taking the Devil's Advice (dt. Those who believe the devil , 1991)
• Telling Liddy (German sister's love , 1998)
• In Cold Domain (German mother's happiness , 1996)
• The Killjoy (German Killjoy , 1989)
• Nag Club (Eng. Who annoys, wins )
• Diary of a Killer Cat (German diary of a killer cat , 1994)
• Only a Show (German school is madness , 2004)
• Roll Over Roly (Eng. Robby and Bobby )
• Ruggles (Eng. Flip wants out , 2003)
• Care of Henry (Eng. A place for Henry , transl .: Ulli and Herbert Günther, 1999)
• Press Play (Eng. A Morning Without Mom , 1999)
• The Haunting of Pip Parker (German Annie and the Christmas Spook , transl .: Ulli and Herbert Günther, 1998)

Web links

• Anne Fine Official Homepage
• Literature by and about Anne Fine in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Anne Fine at perlentaucher.de
• Short biography and list of works on the website of the British Council (English)
• Anne Fine in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Anne Fine in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Author information from Diogenes Verlag

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} "Anne Fine" . Children's Laureate (childrenslaureate.org.uk). Booktrust. (English)
2. ↑ Jessica Salter: World of Anne Fine, author . In: The Telegraph , September 14, 2010.