Eleanor Updale
Eleanor Updale (* 1953 ) is an English author. She is the creator of the Montmorency series, a four-part crime novel series for children.
biography
Updale grew up in south London. She studied history at St. Anne's College, Oxford . She worked as a news producer for television and radio for the BBC . She is the administrator for a charity called Listening Books.
In 2003 she won the "Silver Award" of the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize , a British literary prize for children's books that has been awarded since 1995, with her first novel Montmorency . In 2004 she received a “Blue Peter Book Award”, a prize given by the BBC for children's and young adult literature .
Updale lives in England and is married to James Naughtie, a radio host.
Works
English
- 2003: Montmorency
- 2004: Montmorency on the Rocks
- 2005: Montmorency and the Assassins
- 2006: Montmorency's Revenge
- 2008: Saved
- 2010: Johnny Swanson
German
- 2006: Montmorency. Thief, crook, gentleman ISBN 3-7941-8038-0
Awards
- Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (Silver)
- Blue Peter Book Award for "The Book I couldn't Put Down"
- Medway Award
- Southern Schools Book Award
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Updale, Eleanor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |