User:Kthapelo/Lucy Christopher
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{{Infobox person
| name = Lucy Christopher
| birth_place = Wales
| citizenship = Australian and British
| occupation = Author
| agent = Greene and Heaton
| known_for = Young Adult Fiction
| years_active = 2009 - present
| website = [http://www.lucychristopher.com lucychristopher.com]
}}
Lucy Christopher is a British/Australian author best known for her novel Stolen, which Won the Branford Boase award 2010.{{cite web
| accessdate = 2011-05-16
| location = http://www.branfordboaseaward.org.uk
| publisher = Branford Boase Award
| title = Branford Boase Award
| quote = 2010 Winner, Lucy Christopher - Stolen
| url = http://www.branfordboaseaward.org.uk/BBA/bbapreviouswinners.html}} Her second book, Flyaway, was recently shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards 2010.{{cite web
| accessdate = 2011-05-16
| location = http://www.guardian.co.uk
| publisher = Guardian.co.uk
| title = Costa prize shortlist falls short on biographies
| quote = The shortlisted children's books – only once the winner of the overall prize – are Lucy Christopher, a graduate of the Bath Spa university creative writing MA course, for Flyaway...
| url = http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/nov/16/costa-book-prize-shortlist-unfilled}}{{cite web
| accessdate = 2011-05-16
| location = http://thebookshow.skyarts.co.uk
| publisher = The Book Show
| title = Costa Book Awards - Winners
| quote = Shortlsited: Flyaway by Lucy Christopher
| url = http://thebookshow.skyarts.co.uk/homepage/717327/costa_book_awards_winners.html}} She currently lives in Wales and is writing her third novel.
See also
References
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External links
- {{cite web
| accessdate = 2011-05-16
| location = http://www.insideadog.com.au
| publisher = Inside a Dog
| title = The Inkys
| quote = We are proud to announce the winners of the 2010 Inky Awards. The Gold Inky - Stolen by Lucy Christopher
| url = http://www.insideadog.com.au/page/inkys}}
- {{cite web
| accessdate = 2011-05-16
| location = http://www.doublecluck.com
| publisher = Chicken House
| title = Lucy Christopher, Author
| quote = Lucy Christopher’s first book, Stolen, won the 2010 Branford Boase Award.
| url = http://www.doublecluck.com/authors/lucy-christopher}}
- {{cite web
| accessdate = 2011-05-16
| location = http://www.greeneheaton.co.uk
| publisher = Greene & Heaton Ltd
| title = Lucy Christopher
| quote = STOLEN has won prizes around the world. In the UK it won the Branford Boase award for the most promising work of children’s fiction by a first time novelist, as well as the Hull Children’s Book prize.
| url = http://www.greeneheaton.co.uk/pages/authors/author.asp?AuthorID=135}}
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