Friday 27 March 2009

British Author, Neil Gamain, wins Newberry Medal


British-born author Neil Gamain has been named the winner of the Newberry Medal, America's most prestigious children's fiction prize. Neil was awarded the medal for The Graveyard Book, the story of a boy named Bod who lives in a graveyard and is brought up by ghosts.The annual Newberry Medal was founded in 1992 in honour of John Newberry, a British bookseller, and is awarded by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association, to the author who makes 'the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children."


Newberry committee chair Rose V Trevino said of The Graveyard Book: 'A child named Nobody, an assassin, a graveyard and the dead are the perfect combination in this delicious creepy tale, which is sometimes humourous, sometimes haunting and sometimes surprising."


The Newberry is the latest in a long list of awards for Neil, who is a recepient of a number of prizes, including four Bram Stoker Awards, a British Fantasy Award, two Nebulas and an International Horror Guild Award. He writes prose, poetry, comics, song lyrics and drama. Website: http://www.ala.org/


Article from Writer's News, April 2009, http://www.writersnews.co.uk Photo by Kimberley Butler from the website www.neilgamain.com

2 comments:

Liana said...

Very interesting to read! Thanks for sharing!
Liana

Karen Cioffi said...

Hi, Dorothy,

Did you forget about hosting Nancy Famolari on April 1st?

Please stop by the group.

Thanks,
Karen
VBT