Anne Fine, OBE FRSL (born 7 December 1947) is a
British
author best known for her children's books, of which she has
written more than 50. She also writes for adults. She was
appointed the second
Children's
Laureate, in succession to
Quentin
Blake, holding the position from 2001 to 2003.
She was
born in Leicester
, England
, and
graduated in politics from University of Warwick
. She currently lives in County Durham, England. She
is a Fellow of the
Royal
Society of Literature and was awarded an
OBE in 2003. She was married to
the philosopher
Kit Fine.
Her books for older children include the award winning
The Tulip Touch and
Goggle-Eyes, which was adapted for
television by writer
Deborah Moggach for the
BBC.
Twentieth Century
Fox filmed her satirical novel
Alias Madame Doubtfire
as
Mrs. Doubtfire, starring
Robin Williams. Her books for younger
children include
Bill's New
Frock and
How to
Write Really Badly. Her work has been translated into 27
languages.
Bibliography
Books for older children
Books for middle children
Books for younger children
Picture books
Books for adults
Nobody has ever treated Ian Laidlow in a natural way. Disfigured by
hideous facial scars he had never been treated with anything other
than distant courtesy. But then Alicia Davie, a careless, ignorant
young student breaks this pattern by laughing in his face. Alicia
goes on to infiltrate the hidden man, going through the face he
presents to the world, through his scar patch, to discover the
hidden man, never realising that she is playing with fire...
A glorious tirade against the grind of motherhood. Lilith Coal
lives in an Eden, a paradise that enchanted the childhoods of her
children. Now if any one of them dares to defy her in the smallest
matter, she destroys yet another part of the garden and of their
childhood. Enter an archangel, Miguel-Angel Arqueso Algaron Perez
de Vega, under whose spell the downtrodden Barbara dares to defy
her mother. When Williams lover Casper weighs in in his subtle way
the fate of the Colletts and their garden are finally and
unexpectedly sealed.
A philosopher spends his summer with his children, his ex-wife and
his ex-gardener (his ex-wife's new husband) to write his
autobiography. His notes are interspersed with his wife's side of
the story, and though philosophy was always easier for Oliver than
real life, real life is about to come crashing down around him.
Short stories
Prizes and awards
Sources
- Mary Ellen Snodgrass, Encyclopaedia of Satirical Literature,
Oxford 1996, p. xv.
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