The Branford Boase Award is a literary award presented annually to an outstanding novel for young people by a first-time writer. Children's literature is an age category of literature written for published for or marketed to Children roughly through age 12
Wendy Boase, Editorial Director of Walker Books and Henrietta Branford worked together previously to produce a great number of books. Wendy Boase ( October 14, 1944 - March 15, 1999) born in Melbourne, Australia, she was one of the co-founders of the children's Walker Books is an independent British publisher of children's books founded in 1978 by Sebastian Walker Henrietta Branford ( January 12, 1946 - April 23, 1999) born in India she was a fiction writer who wrote many novels including Fire Both Wendy Boase and Henrietta Branford died in 1999 of cancer. Wendy Boase ( October 14, 1944 - March 15, 1999) born in Melbourne, Australia, she was one of the co-founders of the children's Henrietta Branford ( January 12, 1946 - April 23, 1999) born in India she was a fiction writer who wrote many novels including Fire Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled The Branford Boase award was created to celebrate and commemorate their names and memories and to encourage new talent in writing which they worked for during their lives. The awards were a joint idea by Julia Eccleshare and Anne Marley who both had jobs do with books.
The Branford Boase Award runs alongside the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition for under 19s. The Henrietta Branford Writing Competition is awarded annually in the United Kingdom to six winners of a writing competition for under 19s which works alongside the Branford Boase
Winners
Winners receive a hand-crafted box with the Branford Boase Award logo on and a cheque for £1,000.
Shortlists
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- Steve Augarde - The Various - David Fickling Books
- Graham Gardner - Inventing Elliott - Dolphin
- Julie Hearn - Follow Me Down - OUP
- L. Katherine Roberts (born February 12, 1962) is an English author best known for her fantasy trilogy The Echorium Sequence. Song Quest is a fantasy novel by Katherine Roberts. It is the first book in The Echorium Sequence followed by Crystal Mask and Marcus Sedgwick (b 1968 was born in Kent, England. Marcus is a British author and illustrator as well as a musician Floodland is a children's Fantasy novel by Marcus Sedgwick, published on March 2, 2000 by Orion Children's Books Sally Prue is a British author known for her fictional novel named Cold Tom (which won the Branford Boase Award 2002 and the Smarties Prize Cold Tom is a Fantasy novel by Sally Prue, published on January 31, 2002 by Oxford University Press and aimed at Kevin M Brooks (b March 30, 1959) is an English author best known for his novels Lucas (winner of the North East Book Award 2004 and Martyn Pig is a thriller by Kevin Brooks, published on April 1, 2002 by The Chicken House and aimed at teens Mal Peet is an English author born in North Norfolk, who writes novels mainly for young adults Keeper is a fictional sports novel for children by Mal Peet, published on October 6, 2003 by Walker Books Ltd. Meg Rosoff (born 1956 is an American author best known for her novel How I Live Now which won 3 awards including the Guardian Award (2004 How I Live Now is a young adult Novel by Meg Rosoff, first published in 2004 Frances Hardinge (born 1973 She has also been shortlisted and achieved a number of other awards for both her novels as well as some of her short stories Fly by Night is a children's Fantasy novel by Frances Hardinge, published on October 7, 2005 by Macmillan Publishers Siobhan (or Siobhán Dowd ( 4 February 1960 – 21 August 2007) was a British / Irish Writer; she wrote the drama/mystery A Swift Pure Cry is a 2006 Novel by Siobhan Dowd about a Teenager named Shell who lives in County Cork, Ireland Dominic Barker (born 1966 is a British children's Author. Biography Dominic Barker was born in Southport in 1966 Louise Rennison is an English Author and Comedian She is the author of the best-selling books Confessions of Georgia Nicolson Katherine Roberts (born February 12, 1962) is an English author best known for her fantasy trilogy The Echorium Sequence. Song Quest is a fantasy novel by Katherine Roberts. It is the first book in The Echorium Sequence followed by Crystal Mask and William Nicholson (born January 12, 1948) is a BAFTA - Oscar - and Tony -nominated British screenwriter playwright The Wind Singer (ISBN 0749744715 is a novel written by William Nicholson and the first book of his Wind On Fire Trilogy Marcus Sedgwick (b 1968 was born in Kent, England. Marcus is a British author and illustrator as well as a musician Floodland is a children's Fantasy novel by Marcus Sedgwick, published on March 2, 2000 by Orion Children's Books " The Beat Goes On " is a song recorded by Sonny and Cher. Sally Prue is a British author known for her fictional novel named Cold Tom (which won the Branford Boase Award 2002 and the Smarties Prize Cold Tom is a Fantasy novel by Sally Prue, published on January 31, 2002 by Oxford University Press and aimed at Bali Rai is an author of teenage novels he was born in Leicester in 1971 Philip Reeve (born 1966 in Brighton) is a British author and illustrator Mortal Engines is the first of four novels in Philip Reeve 's quartet of the same name which is also known as the Hungry City Chronicles in the Not to be confused with artist Julie Bell. Julia Bell ( January 28, 1879 &ndash April 26, 1979) was a pioneering Kevin M Brooks (b March 30, 1959) is an English author best known for his novels Lucas (winner of the North East Book Award 2004 and Martyn Pig is a thriller by Kevin Brooks, published on April 1, 2002 by The Chicken House and aimed at teens Patricia Elliott (born July 21, 1942 in Gunnison, Colorado) is an American actress. Simon Mason (born Sheffield, England, 1962 is an English author of juvenile and adult fiction The Quigleys are a series of children's books about the Quigley family written by Simon Mason. Feather Boy is a novel by Brighton -based novelist Nicky Singer, which was first published in 2002 by Collins. The Various is a children's novel by Steve Augarde, published in 2003 Graham Gardner is a British Geographer and Novelist. His first novel Inventing Elliot was published by Speak an imprint of Penguin Books S. Matthews - Fish - Hodder
- Mal Peet - Keeper - Walker
- Eleanor Updale - Montmorency - Scholastic
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