Geraldine McCaughrean ( ; born 6 June 1951) is a British children's novelist. She has written more than 170 books, including Peter Pan in Scarlet (2004), the official sequel to Peter Pan commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital, es worldwide. She has received the Carnegie Medal twice and the Michael L. Printz Award among others.

Personal life and education

McCaughrean was born 6 June 1951 in London to Leslie Arthur and Ethel Jones. and then Southgate Technical College from 1969 to 1970, then received a Bachelor of Education with honors from Christ Church College, Canterbury in 1977.

Four of McCaughrean's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Not the End of the World (2005), The White Darkness (2007), The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen (2011), and Where the World Ends (2020).

In 2002, The Horn Book Magazine included The Kite Rider on their list of the best children's fiction of the year.

In 2020, Booklist included Where the World Ends on their "Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth" list.

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|1987

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|Whitbread Award for Children's Book

|Winner

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|1988

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|Carnegie Medal

|Winner

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|1989

|Guardian Children's Fiction Prize

|Winner

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| rowspan="2" |1996

| rowspan="2" |Plundering Paradise

|Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (6–8 years)

|Bronze

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|Whitbread Award for Children's Book

|Shortlist

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|Not the End of the World

|Whitbread Award for Children's Book

|Winner

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| rowspan="2" |2007

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|Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth

|Selection

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|Stop the Train!

|Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults<nowiki>|</nowiki>

|Selection

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|2008

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|ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults

|Selection

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|2008

|Michael L. Printz Award

|Winner

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| rowspan="2" |2011

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|ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults

|Selection

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|American Library Association Rainbow List

|Top 10

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| rowspan="2" |2018

| rowspan="3" |Where the World Ends

|Carnegie Medal

|Winner

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|Independent Bookshop Week Book Award

|Winner

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|2020

|Michael L. Printz Award

|Honor

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Selected bibliography

  • A Little Lower Than the Angels (1987)
  • A Pack of Lies (1988)
  • Gold Dust (1993)
  • Blue Moon Mountain (1994)
  • Plundering Paradise (1996) (US title: The Pirate's Son)
  • Forever X (1997)
  • The Stones Are Hatching (1999)
  • The Great Chase (2000)
  • Stop the Train! (2001)
  • The Kite Rider (2001)
  • Showstopper! (2003)
  • Smile! (2004)
  • Not the End of the World (2004)
  • The White Darkness (2005)
  • Cyrano (2006)
  • Peter Pan in Scarlet (2006)
  • Tamburlaine's Elephants (2007)
  • The Death-Defying Pepper Roux (2009)
  • Pull Out All The Stops! (2010) (US title: The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen)
  • Robin Hood & the Golden Arrow and a World of Other Stories (2011)
  • The Positively Last Performance (2013)
  • The Middle of Nowhere (2013)
  • Where the World Ends (2017)
  • The Supreme Lie (2021)

References

  • , review of Peter Pan in Scarlet by Mick Imlah, The Times Literary Supplement, 25 October 2006
  • Our Authors, 2 (including McCaughrean) at Romaunce Books, publisher of romantic and historical fiction