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Lucy Christopher
Lucy Christopher is a British/Australian author best known for her novel ''Stolen'', which won the Branford Boase award 2010 in the UK, and the 2010 Gold Inky in Australia. Her second book, ''Flyaway'', was shortlisted for the 2010 Costa Book Awards and the 2010 Waterstone's Children's Book Prize. She currently lives between Australia and the United Kingdom and has just finished her first book for an adult audience, RELEASE. Life Lucy grew up in Australia and attended Mentone Girls' Grammar School,. She works as a senior lecturer at in Creative Writing at UTAS, Tasmania. She studied for an MA in creative writing at Bath Spa University after which she became course director. She visited the school of Mexico "Instituto Verde Valle" in Guadalajara. There she gave a conference about her books. Bibliography *''Stolen'' (2009/2010) or in Spanish ''Robada una carta a mi secuestrador'' *''Flyaway'' (2012) *''The Killing Woods'' (2013) or in Spanish ''El bosque del verdugo'' *''Storm-wak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolen (2009 Novel)
''Stolen'' is the debut novel of author Lucy Christopher. It was published in the UK in 2009 and is the story of Gemma Toombs, a 16-year-old girl who is kidnapped by a 27-year-old man named Ty and taken to the middle of the Great Sandy Desert in the Australian Outback. Subtitled ''A Letter to My Captor'', the book is told in second person narrative as a letter from Gemma to Ty. Plot Whilst at a Bangkok airport, 16-year-old Gemma is kidnapped by 27-year-old Tyler “Ty” MacFarlane from a coffee shop after he drugs her coffee. He smuggles her away on a plane to Australia and takes her to the middle of the desert, expecting her to fall in love with him. Gemma disapproves of Ty, but after an incident she develops a soft corner for him. Ty has a nightmare about his past and shouts and screams until Gemma gets up and consoles him. Still Gemma has not entirely forgiven Ty and tries to escape by taking his vehicle but does not succeed as the truck gets stuck in the desert. Ty rescues he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Costa Book Awards
The Costa Book Awards were a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in UK and Ireland. Originally named the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005 after its first sponsor, the Whitbread company, then a brewery and owner of restaurant chains, it was renamed when Costa Coffee, then a subsidiary of Whitbread, took over sponsorship. The companion Costa Short Story Award was established in 2012. Costa Coffee was purchased by the Coca-Cola Company in 2018. The awards were abruptly terminated in 2022. The awards were given both for high literary merit but also for works that are enjoyable reading and whose aim is to convey the enjoyment of reading to the widest possible audience. As such, they were considered a more populist literary prize than the Booker Prize, which also limits winners to literature written in the UK and Ireland. Awards were separated into six categories: Biography, Children's Books, First Novel, Novel, Poetry, and Short ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waterstone's Children's Book Prize
The Waterstones Children's Book Prize is an annual award given to a work of children's literature published during the previous year. First awarded in 2005, the purpose of the prize is "to uncover hidden talent in children's writing" and is therefore open only to authors who have published no more than three books. The prize is awarded by British book retailer Waterstones Waterstones, formerly Waterstone's, is a British book retailer that operates 311 shops, mainly in the United Kingdom and also other nearby countries. As of February 2014, it employs around 3,500 staff in the UK and Europe. An average-sized Wa .... Beginning in 2012, the prize was divided into three categories: Picture Books, Fiction 5–12, and Teen. Each category winner receives £2,000 with an overall winner chosen from the three getting an additional £3,000 (thus the overall winner receives £5,000 in total). Recipients References External links {{Portal, Children's literature Official Waterston ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mentone Girls' Grammar School
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Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico ''''. . making it the world's 13th-largest country by are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guadalajara
Guadalajara ( , ) is a metropolis in western Mexico and the capital of the list of states of Mexico, state of Jalisco. According to the 2020 census, the city has a population of 1,385,629 people, making it the 7th largest city by population in Mexico, while the Guadalajara metropolitan area has a population of 5,268,642 people, making it the Metropolitan areas of Mexico#List of metropolitan areas in Mexico by population, third-largest metropolitan area in the country and the List of metropolitan areas in the Americas, twentieth largest metropolitan area in the Americas Guadalajara has the second-highest population density in Mexico, with over 10,361 people per square kilometer. Within Mexico, Guadalajara is a center of business, arts and culture, technology and tourism; as well as the economic center of the Bajío region. It usually ranks among the 100 most productive and globally competitive cities in the world. It is home to numerous landmarks, including Guadalajara Cathedral, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stolen (Christopher Novel)
''Stolen'' is the debut novel of author Lucy Christopher. It was published in the UK in 2009 and is the story of Gemma Toombs, a 16-year-old girl who is kidnapped by a 27-year-old man named Ty and taken to the middle of the Great Sandy Desert in the Australian Outback. Subtitled ''A Letter to My Captor'', the book is told in second person narrative as a letter from Gemma to Ty. Plot Whilst at a Bangkok airport, 16-year-old Gemma is kidnapped by 27-year-old Tyler “Ty” MacFarlane from a coffee shop after he drugs her coffee. He smuggles her away on a plane to Australia and takes her to the middle of the desert, expecting her to fall in love with him. Gemma disapproves of Ty, but after an incident she develops a soft corner for him. Ty has a nightmare about his past and shouts and screams until Gemma gets up and consoles him. Still Gemma has not entirely forgiven Ty and tries to escape by taking his vehicle but does not succeed as the truck gets stuck in the desert. Ty rescues her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branford Boase Award
The Branford Boase Award is a British literary award presented annually to an outstanding children's or young-adult novel by a first-time writer; "the most promising book for seven year-olds and upwards by a first time novelist." The award is shared by both the author and their editor, which ''The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature'' noted is unusual for literary awards. History Wendy Boase, Editorial Director of Walker Books, and Henrietta Branford worked together to produce a great number of books. Both Boase and Branford died in 1999 of cancer. The Branford Boase Award was created to celebrate and commemorate their names and memories and to encourage new talent in writing, which they worked for. The awards were a joint idea by Julia Eccleshare and Anne Marley who both had jobs to do with books. The Branford Boase Award runs alongside the Henrietta Branford Writing Competition for young writers (under 19). Winners receive a hand-crafted box with the Branford Boase Aw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael L
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Living People
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Australian Women Novelists
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Year Of Birth Missing (living People)
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