Lesley Howarth

Lesley Howarth (born 29 December 1952) is a British author of children's and young adult fiction. For the novel Maphead, published by Walker Books in 1994, she won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers,[1] and she was a runner-up for the Carnegie Medal.[2][lower-alpha 1]

Howarth was born in Bournemouth, England.

Reviewers including Philip Pullman have remarked upon Howarth's ability to "humanize" highly technical or unusual subjects, a tendency which she calls "the romance of hard things".[3][4]

Works

The Flower King (1993)
MapHead (1994)
Weather Eye (1995)
The Pits (1996)
Fort Biscuit (1996), illustrated by Ann Kronheimer
Welcome to Inner Space (1997)
MapHead 2 (1997); US title, Maphead: the return
Quirx : The Edge of the World (1998)
Bad Rep (1998), illus. Mark Oliver
Paulina (1999)
Yamabusters (1999)
The Squint (1999), illus. Jeff Cummins
Aliens for Dinner (1999)
Mister Spaceman (2000)
I Managed a Monster (2000)
No Accident (2000)
Ultraviolet (2001)
Carwash (2002)
Dade County's Big Summer (2002)
Drive (2004)
Colossus (2004)
Calling the Shots (2006)
Bodyswap: The Boy Who Was 84 (2009)
Tales from the Sick Bed (London: Catnip, 2009), as by L. P. Howarth

Tales from the Sick Bed: Brainstorms

Tales from the Sick Bed: Fever Dreams

Tales from the Sick Bed: The Medicine Chest

Swarf (2010)

Awards

1995 Guardian Children's Fiction Award for MapHead[1]
1995 Carnegie Medal highly commended runner-up for MapHead[2][lower-alpha 1]
1995 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Ages 9–11 for Weather Eye (Joint Winner)

Howarth has also been shortlisted for numerous literary awards.

Notes

Today there are usually eight books on the Carnegie shortlist. According to CCSU some runners-up through 2002 were Commended (from 1954) or Highly Commended (from 1966). The latter distinction became approximately annual in 1979; there were 29 highly commended books in 24 years including Howarth and Berlie Doherty for 1994.

References

"Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners". theguardian 12 March 2001. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
"Carnegie Medal Award". 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Retrieved 2013-06-04.
"Lesley Howarth". Penguin Books. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
Victor Watson; Elizabeth L. Keyser, eds. (2001). The Cambridge guide to children's books in English (1. publ. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. pp. 348. ISBN 978-0-521-55064-2.

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[HC-3] Today there are usually eight books on the Carnegie shortlist. According to CCSU some runners-up through 2002 were Commended (from 1954) or Highly Commended (from 1966). The latter distinction became approximately annual in 1979; there were 29 highly commended books in 24 years including Howarth and Berlie Doherty for 1994.

[relaunch-1] "Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners". theguardian 12 March 2001. Retrieved 2013-06-04.

[ccsu-2] "Carnegie Medal Award". 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Retrieved 2013-06-04.

[4] "Lesley Howarth". Penguin Books. Retrieved 22 November 2012.

[5] Victor Watson; Elizabeth L. Keyser, eds. (2001). The Cambridge guide to children's books in English (1. publ. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press. pp. 348. ISBN 978-0-521-55064-2.