Theresa Breslin is a Scottish author, primarily of young adult fiction. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Young-adult fiction (often abbreviated as YA fiction, or simply YA) is Fiction written for published for or marketed to adolescents roughly between the She began writing when working as a librarian, and has published 25 books, five of which have also been sold as audiobooks.
She started writing as a teenager; when a nearby steel mill closed, she was inspired to write a book about it. [1]
Her novel Whispers in the Graveyard, about a dyslexic boy, won the Carnegie Medal in 1994. Dyslexia is considered to be a Learning disability. It manifests primarily as a difficulty with written language particularly with Reading and Spelling The Carnegie Medal in Literature was established in the UK in 1936 in honour of Scottish Philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Divided City is her 8th book for the Doubleday list. Divided City was written by Theresa Breslin and published in 2005 by Doubleday. The Doubleday Publishing Group is the fifth largest Book Publishing company in the world
The Medici Seal is her latest novel, (August 2006) for which her research was extensive, with trips to study Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous works, including the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. The Medici Seal is a young adult Novel written by Theresa Breslin, published in 2006 Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci ( April 15 1452 – May 2 1519 was an Italian Polymath, having been a scientist Mathematician, Engineer Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a Poplar panel by The Medici Seal is a tale of intrigue, murder and betrayal which follows the journey of Matteo as he travels with Leonardo across Italy on the Borgias' business. Matteo carries with him a secret – a secret that both the Borgia and the Medici families would kill to obtain.
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Works
- Across The Roman Wall
- Blair Makes A Splash - 4 Stories
- Blair, The Winner! - 4 Stories
- Bodyparts
- Bullies At School
- Death Or Glory Boys
- Different Directions
- Divided City
- The Dream Master
- Dream Master - Arabian Nights
- Dream Master - Gladiator
- Dream Master - Nightmare!
- Duncan Of Carrick
- A Homecoming For Kezzie
- Kezzie
- The Medici Seal
- Missing
- Name Games
- New School Blues
- Prisoner in Alcatraz
- Remembrance
- Saskia's Journey
- Simon's Challenge
- Starship Rescue
- Time To Reap
- Whispers In The Graveyard
- The Nostradamus Prophecy
Honours
- Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Children’s Literature - for Whispers in the Graveyard
- Awarded Honorary Membership of the Scottish Library Association for distinguished services to Children’s Literature and Librarianship
- Scottish Writers CD ROM (Project Manager) – Bafta nomination
- Selected for the American Library Association’s Best Books for Young Adults, and New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age 2003. Divided City was written by Theresa Breslin and published in 2005 by Doubleday. The Medici Seal is a young adult Novel written by Theresa Breslin, published in 2006
- Civic Award from Strathkelvin
- Winner of the Scottish Book Trust Best of the Decade Award
- Winner of Young Book Trust’s Kathleen Fidler Award for Simon's Challenge
- Winner of the Sheffield Children’s Book Award - longer novel
Shortlisted for other awards
- The Children’s Book Award (twice)
- The Angus Book Award
- The Lancashire Book Award
- The Moray Book Award
- North-East Book Award
- The Sheffield Book Award (twice)
- South Lanark Book Award
- The Stockton Book Award
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