Lesley Howarth

Lesley Howarth (born 29 December 1952) is a British author of children's and young adult fiction. For the novel Maphead, published by Walker Books in 1994, she won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers,^[1] and she was a runner-up for the Carnegie Medal.^{[2][lower-alpha 1]}

Howarth was born in Bournemouth, England.

Reviewers including Philip Pullman have remarked upon Howarth's ability to "humanize" highly technical or unusual subjects, a tendency which she calls "the romance of hard things".^[3][4]

Works

• The Flower King (1993)
• MapHead (1994)
• Weather Eye (1995)
• The Pits (1996)
• Fort Biscuit (1996), illustrated by Ann Kronheimer
• Welcome to Inner Space (1997)
• MapHead 2 (1997); US title, Maphead: the return
• Quirx : The Edge of the World (1998)
• Bad Rep (1998), illus. Mark Oliver
• Paulina (1999)
• Yamabusters (1999)
• The Squint (1999), illus. Jeff Cummins
• Aliens for Dinner (1999)
• Mister Spaceman (2000)
• I Managed a Monster (2000)
• No Accident (2000)
• Ultraviolet (2001)
• Carwash (2002)
• Dade County's Big Summer (2002)
• Drive (2004)
• Colossus (2004)
• Calling the Shots (2006)
• Bodyswap: The Boy Who Was 84 (2009)
• Tales from the Sick Bed (London: Catnip, 2009), as by L. P. Howarth

Tales from the Sick Bed: Brainstorms

Tales from the Sick Bed: Fever Dreams

Tales from the Sick Bed: The Medicine Chest

• Swarf (2010)

Awards

• 1995 Guardian Children's Fiction Award for MapHead^[1]
• 1995 Carnegie Medal highly commended runner-up for MapHead^{[2][lower-alpha 1]}
• 1995 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Ages 9–11 for Weather Eye (Joint Winner)

Howarth has also been shortlisted for numerous literary awards.

See also

• Rob Day

Notes

1. Today there are usually eight books on the Carnegie shortlist. According to CCSU some runners-up through 2002 were Commended (from 1954) or Highly Commended (from 1966). The latter distinction became approximately annual in 1979; there were 29 highly commended books in 24 years including Howarth and Berlie Doherty for 1994.

References

1. "Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners". theguardian 12 March 2001. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
2. "Carnegie Medal Award". 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Retrieved 2013-06-04.
3. "Lesley Howarth". Penguin Books. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
4. Victor Watson; Elizabeth L. Keyser, eds. (2001). The Cambridge guide to children's books in English (1. publ. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. p. 348. ISBN 978-0-521-55064-2.

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