Sarah Crossan in 2018

Sarah Crossan is an Irish author. She is best known for her books for young adults, including Apple and Rain and One, for which she has won several rewards.

Biography

Crossan graduated from Warwick University in 1999 with a degree in Philosophy and Literature and later obtained a master's degree in Creative Writing. She received an Edward Albee Fellowship for writing in 2010.[1] Crossan trained as an English and drama teacher at the University of Cambridge.[2] In May 2018, she was appointed Laureate na nÓg, or Irish Children's laureate by President Michael D Higgins.

Awards

Novels

  • The Weight of Water (2012)
  • Breathe (2012)
  • Resist (2013) – a sequel to Breathe
  • Apple and Rain (2014)
  • One (2015)
  • We Come Apart (2017) co-authored with Brian Conaghan
  • Moonrise (2017)
  • Inséparable (2017)
  • Swimming Pool (2018)
  • Toffee [10](2019)
  • Here is the Beehive (2020)[11]

References

  1. Sarah Crossan: Sarah Crossan, accessdate: 14 June 2016
  2. Bloomsbury.com. "Bloomsbury - Sarah Crossan - Sarah Crossan". www.bloomsbury.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  3. "Carnegie medal shortlist: your verdicts". The Guardian. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  4. Drabble, Emily (17 March 2015). "Carnegie medal and Kate Greenaway 2015 shortlists announced". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  5. "Sarah Crossan's One, about conjoined twins, wins YA book prize". BBC Entertainment & Arts News. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  6. "CBI Book of the Year Award winner is Sarah Crossan!". Children's Books Ireland. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  7. "Sarah Crossan wins the Carnegie medal with verse novel One". The Guardian. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  8. "Michael Morpurgo wins Children's Book Award for fourth time". BBC News. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  9. "Die Sieger des Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreises 2020". jugendliteratur.org. Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  10. Bloomsbury.com. "Toffee". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  11. "Here Is the Beehive by Sarah Crossan review – subversive spin on adultery". The Guardian. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.


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