Ann Schlee
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Ann Schlee FRSL (26 May 1934 – 1 November 2023) was an English novelist. She won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for The Vandal (1979), a book award judged by a panel of British children's writers.[1] She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1997.[2]
Personal life and education
As a child, Schlee was born in Greenwich, Connecticut and brought up in the United States by her mother and grandparents until the end of the Second World War.[3] Afterward, she settled in Cairo, Egypt with her parents. They later moved to Sudan and Eritrea. Later, she attended boarding school in England and studied at Somerville College, Oxford.
Schlee was married to artist Nick Schlee. They couple lived in Berkshire and had four children.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She died on 1 November 2023, at the age of 89.[4]
Career
Schlee spent much of her writing career in London being quite active in the 1970s to the 1990s.
Awards and honours
The Vandal (Macmillan, 1980) is a science fiction novel set in the future. Beside winning the 1980 Guardian Prize[1] it was a commended runner up for the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.[5][lower-alpha 1]
Rhine Journey (Henry Holt & Co, 1981, Template:ISBN) was shortlisted for the 1981 Booker Prize, recognising the year's best novel.[6]
Selected works
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- The Strangers (1971)
- The Consul's Daughter (1972)
- Guns of Darkness (1973)
- Ask Me No Questions (1979)
- The Vandal (Macmillan, 1980)
- Rhine Journey (Henry Holt & Co, 1981)
- The Proprietor (1983)
- Laing (1987)
- The Proprietor (1996)
- The Time in Aderra (Macmillan, 1998)
See also
Notes
References
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- ↑ a b "Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners" Script error: No such module "webarchive".. guardian.co.uk 12 March 2001. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
- ↑ All Fellows: S Script error: No such module "webarchive"., The Royal Society of Literature Script error: No such module "webarchive"..
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- ↑ "Carnegie Medal Award" Script error: No such module "webarchive".. 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ↑ Rhine Journey by Ann Schlee Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Fantastic Fiction Script error: No such module "webarchive"..
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- ↑ Ann Schlee Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Amazon.co.uk.
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