| 词条 | Annabel Pitcher | ||||||||||||||||
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Annabel Pitcher (born 1982) is a British children's writer. BackgroundPitcher was born in a village in West Yorkshire. 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.[2] It almost instantly became a bestseller and has been translated into over twenty languages.[3] It was shortlisted for the Red House Children's Book Award, the Galaxy Children's Book of the Year, the 2012 Carnegie Medal,[1] 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.[2] Pitcher's second novel, Ketchup Clouds, won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.[3] It also collected the Edgar Allan Poe award in 2014 for 'Best Young Adult Novel', awarded by the Mystery Writers of America. Before her first book was published, Annabel trained as a teacher and taught English at Wakefield Girls' High School. Published books
References1. ^"Shortlist for the 2012 CILIP Carnegie Medal announced". 2012 press release. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-06-09. [5][6]2. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jul/05/annabel-pitcher-brandford-boase-award |title=Brandford Boase award goes to My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece |date=5 July 2012 |work=The Guardian |author=Alison Flood |accessdate=5 July 2012}} 3. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2013/mar/21/annabel-pitcher-waterstones-childrens-book-prize "Annabel Pitcher wins Waterstones children's book prize" 21 March 2013] The Guardian 4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/annabel+pitcher/silence+is+goldfish/10135019 |title=Silence is Goldfish by Annabel Pitcher |publisher=Waterstones |date=2016-11-24 |accessdate=2017-03-08}} 5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.wondrousreads.com/2011/03/review-my-sister-lives-on-mantelpiece.html |title=Wondrous Reads: Review: My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher |publisher=Wonderous Reads |date=8 March 2011 |accessdate=11 June 2011}} 6. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/spain-arts-events-annabel-pitcher.htm |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110910205331/http://www.britishcouncil.org/spain-arts-events-annabel-pitcher.htm |dead-url=yes |archive-date=10 September 2011 |title=Annabel Pitcher |publisher=British Council |date= |accessdate=11 June 2011}} }} External links
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