December 27, 1934 -
British author of children's and young adult novels
Author of "The Present Takers", "Dance on My Grave" and "Postcards from No Man's Land" (for which he won the Carnegie Medal in 1999)
Awarded the Children's Literature Association Award for Literary Criticism in 1979
Awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002
British author of children's and young adult novels
Author of "The Present Takers", "Dance on My Grave" and "Postcards from No Man's Land" (for which he won the Carnegie Medal in 1999)
Awarded the Children's Literature Association Award for Literary Criticism in 1979
Awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002