Geraldine McCaughrean

Geraldine McCaughrean, 2006

Geraldine McCaughrean (born June 6, 1951 in Enfield ) is a British children's author .

In 2005 she was selected by the rights holders of Peter Pan , the Great Ormond Street Hospital , to write a sequel, Peter Pan in Scarlet (Eng. Peter Pan and the Red Pirate ).

McCaughrean has written over 130 books, including six historical novels for adults. She lives in Berkshire with her husband John and daughter Ailsa .

Works and awards

• A little lower than the angels (German Gabriel and the master player , 1989)
  • Whitbread Book Award 1987
  • Catholic Children's and Young People's Book Prize 1991
• A Pack of Lies (dt. Lauter lies , 1991)
  • Guardian Award 1989
  • Carnegie Medal 1988
• Gold dust
  • Whitbread Book Award 1994
• Plundering Paradise (German pirates in paradise , 2000)
  • Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 1996
• The ideal wife (dt. An ideal woman , 2000)
• The Kite Rider (Eng. The hang glider , 2003)
  • Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 2001
  • Shortlist for the Angus Book Award 2002
• Stop the Train (Eng. Stop the Train , 2004)
  • Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 2002
• Smile!
  • Nestlé Smarties Book Prize 2004
• Not the End of the World (dt. Not the End of the World , 2005)
  • Whitbread Book Award 2004
• Peter Pan in Scarlet (Eng. Peter Pan and the Red Pirate , 2006)
• The White Darkness (dt. White Darkness , 2007)
  • Michael L. Printz Award 2008
• The Middle of Nowhere , 2013
  • Shortlist Little Rebels Award 2014
• Where the World Ends , 2017
  • Carnegie Medal 2018
  • Michael L. Printz Award (Honor Book) 2020

Web links

• Geraldine McCaughrean official homepage (English)
• Literature by and about Geraldine McCaughrean in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Geraldine McCaughrean at perlentaucher.de
• Short biography and list of works on the website of the British Council (English)
• Geraldine McCaughrean in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)