Ann Schlee

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|5|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|11|1|1934|5|26|df=y}}

| death_place =

| honorific_suffix = FRSL

| awards = Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (1979)

| education = Somerville College, Oxford

| spouse = Nick Schlee

| children = 4

}}

Ann Schlee FRSL (26 May 1934 – 1 November 2023) was an English novelist. She won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for The Vandal (1979), a book award judged by a panel of British children's writers. She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1997.[http://www.rslit.org/content/fellows/S All Fellows: S] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312182850/http://www.rslit.org/content/fellows/S |date=12 March 2010 }}, [http://www.rslit.org/ The Royal Society of Literature] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090909131130/http://www.rslit.org/ |date=9 September 2009 }}.

Personal life and education

As a child, Schlee was born in Greenwich, Connecticut and brought up in the United States by her mother and grandparents until the end of the Second World War.[http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Schlee Ann Schlee] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106083845/http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/html/Clients/Schlee |date=6 January 2010 }}, [http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/ David Higham Associates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123124832/http://www.davidhigham.co.uk/ |date=23 January 2010 }}. Afterward, she settled in Cairo, Egypt with her parents. They later moved to Sudan and Eritrea. Later, she attended boarding school in England and studied at Somerville College, Oxford.

Schlee was married to artist Nick Schlee. They couple lived in Berkshire and had four children.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} She died on 1 November 2023, at the age of 89.{{cite news |title=Ann Schlee, prize-winning novelist who wrote for both children and grown-ups – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/12/10/ann-schlee-novelist-vandal-rhine-journey-obituary/ |access-date=11 December 2023 |publisher=The Telegraph |date=10 December 2023}}

Career

Schlee spent much of her writing career in London being quite active in the 1970s to the 1990s.

Awards and honours

The Vandal (Macmillan, 1980) is a science fiction novel set in the future. Beside winning the 1980 Guardian Prize it was a commended runner up for the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.

Rhine Journey (Henry Holt & Co, 1981, {{ISBN|978-0-03-056894-7}}) was shortlisted for the 1981 Booker Prize, recognising the year's best novel.[http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/books/n/n128953.htm Rhine Journey by Ann Schlee] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091005090456/http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/books/n/n128953.htm |date=5 October 2009 }}, [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/ Fantastic Fiction] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091111110709/http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/p/cynthia-peale/ |date=11 November 2009 }}.

Selected works

Schlee has written a number of books including:[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/514380.Ann_Schlee Ann Schlee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103104435/http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/514380.Ann_Schlee |date=3 November 2012 }}, [http://www.goodreads.com/ goodreads] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010413221110/http://www.goodreads.com/ |date=13 April 2001 }}.[http://www.librarything.com/author/schleeann Ann Schlee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718071608/http://www.librarything.com/author/schleeann |date=18 July 2010 }}, [http://www.librarything.com/ LibraryThing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114201914/http://www.librarything.com/ |date=14 January 2010 }}.[https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/keywords=ann%20schlee&index=blended Ann Schlee] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203090557/http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/keywords%3Dann%20schlee%26index%3Dblended |date=3 February 2014 }}, Amazon.co.uk.

The Strangers (1971)
The Consul's Daughter (1972)
Guns of Darkness (1973)
Ask Me No Questions (1979)
The Vandal (Macmillan, 1980)
Rhine Journey (Henry Holt & Co, 1981)
The Proprietor (1983)
Laing (1987)
The Proprietor (1996)
The Time in Aderra (Macmillan, 1998)

Notes

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Today there are usually eight books on the Carnegie shortlist.

According to CCSU, some runners up through 2002 were Commended (from 1955) or Highly Commended (from 1966); the Highly Commended distinction became approximately annual in 1979. There were about 160 commendations of both kinds in 48 years including Schlee and two others (one highly commended) in 1979.

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References

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[https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/mar/12/guardianchildrensfictionprize2001.guardianchildrensfictionprize "Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090634/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2001/mar/12/guardianchildrensfictionprize2001.guardianchildrensfictionprize |date=27 March 2019 }}. guardian.co.uk 12 March 2001. Retrieved 5 August 2012.

[http://web.ccsu.edu/library/nadeau/award%20books/CarnegieMedal.htm "Carnegie Medal Award"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327101434/http://web.ccsu.edu/library/nadeau/award%20books/CarnegieMedal.htm |date=27 March 2019 }}. 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Retrieved 9 August 2012.

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