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Geraldine McCaughrean

GERALDINE MCCAUGHREAN

  (1951 - )

Nationality:    British
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Literary Agent:    David Higham Associates Ltd  represented by Veronique Baxter

Born in 1951 in North London, Geraldine McCaughrean took an education degree but worked instead in magazine publishing for ten years before becoming a full-time writer. She now lives in Berkshire with her husband John and daughter Ailsa. Geraldine has written over 120 books and been published in 27 languages. She writes for every age level, from first-readers and picture books to adult novels, and her awards include the Carnegie Medal, the Whitbread Prize (twice), the Guardian Fiction Award, Smarties Bronze (twice), Ukra and The Blue Peter Book of the Year as well as the 2001 Blue Peter category "The Best Book to Keep Forever". In the 2002 Carnegie Awards she had two very different novels shortlisted - The Kite Rider and Stop The Train. She was shortlisted for the 2002 Smarties and two (different) categories of the Blue Peter Book Awards. Her books have also won awards in Germany and America. In addition to eight children's and five adult novels, she has done many retellings of myths and legends from around the world; also adaptations of inaccessible classics such as Moby Dick, El Cid, The Canterbury Tales, Gilgamish, The Oddysey andPilgrim's Progress. She has written 50 short plays for schools, and a radio play. In August 2004, the Special Trustees of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital launched the search for a sequel to JM Barrie's timeless masterpiece, Peter Pan. The Special Trustees own the copyright and other intellectual property rights to Peter Pan, and to mark the work's centenary, they authorized the creation of a new work that would share the same enchanting characters as the original, and bring as much pleasure to children and adults universally as Peter Pan has done. Fighting off fierce competition from over 100 other writers, Geraldine McCaughrean was commissioned to write the official sequel. In her entry, the judges found something that captured the elusive spirit of the original whilst offering a fresh and astounding creative response.Peter Pan In Scarlett was published on 5th October 2006.

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        Alfred And the Cakes         Bubble Bursts, The         Canute and the Sea         Chicken and Bacon         Dazzling MedUSA         Doctor Faustus         Father of Nobody's Children         Flanders Mare, The         Gilgamesh         Give Us Back Our Eleven Days!         Glencoe         Hallelujah Victory, The         Hang on the Bell, Nelly         Jolly Jack         Lady Godiva's Shameless Ride         Little Drama At the Big House         Little Jack Horner Sat In A Corner         Moonrakers, The         Murder Mystery, A         No Man's Land         Oss! Oss! Wee Oss!         Resting Place, The         Robert the Bruce and the Spider         Saving Grace         Seven Stars         Thingamajig         Tin Islands, The         Troubadour Rescues His King, The         Village That Chose To Die, The         Votes For Women!         Walter Raleigh Salutes the Queen         Well In the Wood, The         Who Killed Red Rufus?



Alfred And the Cakes

Alfred And the Cakes
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Bubble Bursts, The

Bubble Bursts, The
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Canute and the Sea

Canute and the Sea
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Chicken and Bacon

Chicken and Bacon
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Dazzling MedUSA

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fleshes out the back stories of characters within the MedUSA myth. the story of Perseus, growing from naive youth to hero with nothing to assist him but winged footwear, a helmet of invisiblity and a monster's head that turns his enemies to stone. No surprise that he ends up marrying the Princess Andromeda

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Polka, London    2005

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Cjildrens Play

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Doctor Faustus

Doctor Faustus
A modern retelling of Marlowe's play . . . Doctor Faustus, a talented student in Wittenburg, Germany, wants to learn more than the university has to offer Craving knowledge of things beyond his reach, he turns to the study of magic and tempted by the immense powers of the black Arts, he makes a pact with the Devil

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Original Playwright - Christopher Marlowe, adapted Geraldine McCaughrean

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Father of Nobody's Children

Father of Nobody's Children
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Flanders Mare, The

Flanders Mare, The
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Gilgamesh

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Give Us Back Our Eleven Days!

Give Us Back Our Eleven Days!
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Glencoe

Glencoe
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Hallelujah Victory, The

Hallelujah Victory, The
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Hang on the Bell, Nelly

Hang on the Bell, Nelly
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Jolly Jack

Jolly Jack
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Lady Godiva's Shameless Ride

Lady Godiva's Shameless Ride
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Little Drama At the Big House

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Boxford Masque    2012

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Little Jack Horner Sat In A Corner

Little Jack Horner Sat In A Corner
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Moonrakers, The

Moonrakers, The
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Murder Mystery, A

Murder Mystery, A
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No Man's Land

No Man's Land
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Oss! Oss! Wee Oss!

Oss! Oss! Wee Oss!
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Resting Place, The

Resting Place, The
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Robert the Bruce and the Spider

Robert the Bruce and the Spider
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Saving Grace

Saving Grace
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Seven Stars

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Boxford Masque    2004

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Thingamajig

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Theatre Royal, Plymouth    2006

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Tin Islands, The

Tin Islands, The
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Troubadour Rescues His King, The

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Village That Chose To Die, The

Village That Chose To Die, The
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Votes For Women!

Votes For Women!
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Walter Raleigh Salutes the Queen

Walter Raleigh Salutes the Queen
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Well In the Wood, The

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Boxford Masque    2000

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Who Killed Red Rufus?

Who Killed Red Rufus?
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