Annabel Pitcher
Annabel Pitcher is a British writer. She studied English literature at Oxford University. Her first novel, My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece, deals with the tragedy of a family torn apart by a terrorist attack.[1][2] It has quickly become a bestseller and has been translated into many languages.[3] It was shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book Award, The Galaxy milk chocolate Children's Book of the Year, the 2012 Carnegie Medal in Literature,[4] and the 2011 Dylan Thomas Prize. It won a Royal Society of Authors' Betty Trask Award, the Hull Children's Book of the Year and the prestigious 2012 Branford Boase Award for most outstanding debut novel. [5]
Pitcher has also written a second novel entitled Ketchup Clouds, which is due to be published in November 2012.
Bibliography
- My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece, Orion, 2001. ISBN 978-1-4440-0183-9
References
- ^ "My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher - review". The Guardian. 2011-03-16. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
{{cite web}}: Text "Children's books" ignored (help); Text "guardian.co.uk" ignored (help) - ^ "Wondrous Reads: Review: My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher". Wonderous Reads. 2011-03-08. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ^ "Annabel Pitcher". British Council. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ^ "Shortlist for the 2012 CILIP Carnegie Medal announced". 2012 press release. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-06-09.
- ^ Alison Flood (5 July 2012). "Brandford Boase award goes to My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 July 2012.