Lesley Howarth

Lesley Howarth
Lesley Howarth
Born	December 29, 1952 (age 71); Bournemouth, England
Alma mater	Bournemouth School for Girls; Bournemouth College of Art; Croydon College of Art;
Notable awards	Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (1995)

Lesley Howarth (born 29 December 1952)^[1] 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,^[2] and she was a runner-up for the Carnegie Medal.^[3]^[a]

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".^[4]^[5]

Biography

Howarth was born 29 December 1952 in Bournemouth, England.^[1] As a child, she attended the Bournemouth School for Girls, then, as an adult, received education from the Bournemouth College of Art and Croydon College of Art.^[1]

Awards

The Pits (1996) is a Junior Library Guild book.^[6]

In January 2000, The Guardian named Mister Spaceman the children's book of the week.^[7]

Awards for Howarth's writing
Year	Title	Award	Result	Ref.
1993	The Flower King	Whitbread Children's Book Award	Shortlist	^[1]
1994	MapHead	Carnegie Medal	Shortlist	^[3]^[a]
1995	MapHead	Guardian Children's Fiction Award	Winner	^[2]^[8]
1995	Weather Eye	Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (ages 9–11)	Winner	^{[citation needed]}
1995	MapHead	W. H. Smith Mind Boggling Books Award	Shortlist	^[1]
1995	MapHead	Young Telegraph Book Award	Shortlist	^[1]

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)

Notes

^ ^a ^b 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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Howarth, Lesley 1952-". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners" Archived 27 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. The Guardian 12 March 2001. Retrieved 2013-06-04.
^ ^a ^b "Carnegie Medal Award" Archived 27 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Retrieved 2013-06-04.
^ "Lesley Howarth". Penguin Books. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. 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.
^ "The Pits by Lesley Howarth". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
^ Pullman, Philip (11 January 2000). "Children's book of the week". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
^ "Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched". The Guardian. 12 March 2001. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

[HC-4] 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.

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Howarth, Lesley 1952-". Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

[relaunch-2] "Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners" Archived 27 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. The Guardian 12 March 2001. Retrieved 2013-06-04.

[ccsu-3] "Carnegie Medal Award" Archived 27 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Retrieved 2013-06-04.

[5] "Lesley Howarth". Penguin Books. Archived from the original on 7 March 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.

[6] 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.

[7] "The Pits by Lesley Howarth". Junior Library Guild. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

[8] Pullman, Philip (11 January 2000). "Children's book of the week". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

[9] "Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched". The Guardian. 12 March 2001. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2023.

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Lesley Howarth
Born	(1952-12-29) December 29, 1952 (age 71) Bournemouth, England
Alma mater	Bournemouth School for Girls Bournemouth College of Art Croydon College of Art
Notable awards	Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (1995)