Monica Hughes

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Monica Mary Ince Hughes , OC (born November 3, 1925 in Liverpool , † March 7, 2003 in Edmonton, Alberta ) was an English - Canadian author of books for children and young adults, especially with science fiction topics. She also wrote adventure and historical novels set in Canada and the text for some picture books for children. She is perhaps mostly known for the Isis trilogy of science fiction novels (1980-1982).

biography

Monica Hughes lived in many different countries including Egypt , Scotland , England and Zimbabwe . She was the daughter of Phylis Fry and El Ince. Her parents both worked at the University of Liverpool , where her father was a mathematician and her mother a biologist.

During her school years, her teachers always encouraged her to write and participate in essay competitions. Hughes attended Edinburgh University from 1942 to 1943. While in school, Hughes' academic studies were interrupted as a result of World War II. She joined the Women's Royal Naval Service from 1943-1946 to crack German encryption codes. Upon returning from the war, Hughes went back to university to study meteorology . She married Glen Hughes on April 22, 1957 and they had 4 children together.

Before becoming a writer, Hughes had many other careers. From 1948 to 1949 she designed dresses in London and Bulawayo , Zimbabwe . She was also a bank clerk in 1951 and a laboratory technician from 1952 to 1957. Monica Hughes has written over 35 books for teenagers and is widely recognized as one of Canada's finest writers for children and young adults. Many of her books are science fiction. Monica Hughes has been repeatedly named "Canada's Best Children's Science Fiction Writer" by Sarah Ellis, critic in The Horn Book Magazine .

When Hughes is not writing or working at school, she should enjoy swimming, walking, and gardening.

Author

Hughes wrote about 40 books, including more than 20 science fiction novels. Although she has spent much of her life writing, she was almost fifty when her first book was published. This was Gold-Fever Trail: A Klondike Adventure , a historical novel set in Canada at the time of the Klondike Gold Rush .

The Isis trilogy consists of The Keeper of the Isis Light and two sequels, originally published by Hamish Hamilton of London from 1980 to 1982. Hughes accepted the Phoenix Award for The Keeper of the Isis Light 20 years later and discussed her writing process in general and specifically for that work.

WorldCat reports that Invitation to the Game (Toronto: HarperCollins, 1990) is by far their most frequently represented work in participating libraries. It is a dystopia that takes place on Earth in 2154.

Her last book was The Maze (2002). It shows a female protagonist and two bullies who have been magically transported into a labyrinth. The two who bullied her before, however, have to rely on their abilities to escape.

Awards

The Keeper of the Isis Light won the 2000 Phoenix Award from the Children's Literature Association for the best English language children's book that did not receive a major award when it was originally published twenty years ago. The price is named after the phoenix from mythology to indicate the resurgence of a book from the darkness.

Invitation to the Game (Toronto: HarperCollins, 1990) won the Hal Clement Award for Best Science Fiction Novel of the Year for Young Adults

Hughes also won the Vicky Metcalf Award , the Alberta Culture Juvenile Novel Award, the Bay's Beaver Award, and the Alberta R. Ross Annett Award.

bibliography

Novels

Arc One

  • The devil in the neck . tape 1 . Alibaba, 1989, ISBN 3-922723-67-5 (Canadian English: Devil on My Back . 1984. Translated by Cornelia Krutz-Arnold).
  • The Dream Catcher . tape 2 . Julia MacRae, 1984, ISBN 0-86203-241-5 (Canadian English, not published in German).

Crisis on Conshelf Ten

  • Crisis on Conshelf Ten . tape 1 . Copp Clark, 1975, ISBN 0-7730-1042-4 (Canadian English, not published in German).
  • Earthdark . tape 2 . Hamish Hamilton, 1977, ISBN 0-241-89544-8 (Canadian English, not published in German).

Isis

  • The ruler of Isis . tape 1 . F. Schneider, 1984, ISBN 3-505-08809-9 (Canadian English: The Keeper of the Isis Light . 1980. Translated by Charlotte Franke).
  • The riddle of Isis . tape 2 . F. Schneider, 1985, ISBN 3-505-09146-4 (Canadian English: The Guardian of Isis . 1981. Translated by Charlotte Franke).
  • The wizard of Isis . tape 3 . F. Schneider, 1985, ISBN 3-505-09147-2 (Canadian English: The Isis Pedlar . 1982. Translated by Charlotte Franke).

Sandwriter

  • The secret of the great dune . tape 1 . Benziger, 1986, ISBN 3-545-33134-2 (Canadian English: Sandwriter . 1985. Translated by Anne Uhde).
  • The Promise . tape 2 . Methuen Children's Books, 1989, ISBN 0-416-13562-5 (Canadian English, not published in German).

More novels

  • Ghost dance . Bertelsmann, 1980, ISBN 3-570-06426-3 (Canadian English: The Ghost Dance Caper . 1972. Translated by Marlies Single & Werner J. Egli).
  • Hunter in the night . Benziger, 1984, ISBN 3-545-33124-5 (Canadian English: Hunter in the dark . 1982. Translated by Fred Schmitz).
  • Dangerous ways . Arena, 1988, ISBN 3-401-07011-8 (Canadian English: Log Jam . 1987. Translated by Elisabeth Epple).
  • Gold under the ice . Maier, 1987, ISBN 3-473-51589-2 (Canadian English: Gold Fever Trail: A Klondike Adventure . 1974. Translated by Cornelia Krutz-Arnold).
  • The Tomorrow City . Hamish Hamilton, 1978, ISBN 0-241-89887-0 (Canadian English, not published in German).
  • Behind the dark river . Maier, 1986, ISBN 3-473-35083-4 (Canadian English: Beyond the dark river . 1979. Translated by Cornelia Krutz-Arnold).
  • When the ice comes . Maier, 1985, ISBN 3-473-35076-1 (Canadian English: Ring-Rise Ring-Set . 1982. Translated by Cornelia Krutz-Arnold).
  • Space trap . Groundwood Books, 1983, ISBN 0-88899-016-2 (Canadian English, not published in German).
  • The Promise . Methuen Children's Books, 1989, ISBN 0-416-13562-5 (Canadian English, not published in German).
  • Invitation to the Game . HarperCollins, 1990, ISBN 0-416-16002-6 (Canadian English, not published in German).
  • The Crystal Drop . Methuen Children's Books, 1992, ISBN 0-416-18852-4 (Canadian English, not published in German).
  • The Golden Aquarians . HarperCollins, 1994, ISBN 0-00-224253-2 (Canadian English, not published in German).
  • Castle Tourmandyne . HarperCollins, 1995, ISBN 0-00-224364-4 (Canadian English, not published in German).
  • The Faces of Fear . HarperCollins, 1997, ISBN 0-00-224560-4 (Canadian English, not published in German).
  • The Story Box . HarperCollins, 1998, ISBN 0-00-648051-9 (Canadian English, not published in German).
  • The Other Place . HarperCollins, 2000, ISBN 0-00-648176-0 (Canadian English, not published in German).

Published anthology

  • What If ...? Amazing stories . Tundra Books, 1998, ISBN 0-88776-458-4 (Canadian English, not published in German).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Who's Who in Canadian Literature . Reference Press, 1997, p. 365.
  2. ↑ a b "SF Canada Obituary Monica Hughes" SF Canada ( Memento from January 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ a b Monica Hughes on enotes.com
  4. ^ "Monica (Ince) Hughes (1925–2003) Biography - Personal, Career, Honors Awards, Writings, Sidelights" . jrank.org .
  5. ↑ As Clive Barker returns here's eight other Merseyside sci fi, fantasy and horror writers who have thrilled readers worldwide - Liverpool Echo . liverpoolecho.co.uk. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  6. ↑ a b c d Robert Lang (Ed.): Contemporary Canadian Authors . Gale Canada, 1996, pp. 215-16.
  7. ^ "Acceptance Speech"  ( page no longer available ) (2000 Phoenix Award). Monica Hughes. Children's Literature Association. Retrieved December 15, 2012. Template: dead link /! ... nourl
  8. ^ "Hughes, Monica" . WorldCat. Retrieved December 13, 2012.
  9. ^ "Phoenix Award Brochure 2012"  ( page no longer available ). Children's Literature Association. Retrieved December 13, 2012. Template: dead link /! ... nourl
  10. ↑ "1992 Golden Duck Awards" Golden Duck Awards ( Memento from October 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Hughes, Monica
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hughes, Monica Mary Ince
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian children's author
DATE OF BIRTH November 3, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool
DATE OF DEATH March 7, 2003
Place of death Edmonton, Alberta