Sarah Crossan is an Irish author. She is best known for her books for young adults, including ''Apple and Rain'' and ''One'', for which she has won several awards.

Biography

Crossan graduated from

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in 1999 with a degree in Philosophy and Literature and later obtained a master's degree in Creative Writing. She received an Edward Albee Fellowship for writing in 2010.Sarah Crossan
Sarah Crossan
accessdate: 14 June 2016 Crossan trained as an English and drama teacher at the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

. In May 2018, she was appointed Laureate na nÓg, or Irish Children's laureate by President

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Awards

*2013: shortlisted for Carnegie Medal for ''The Weight of Water'' *2015: shortlisted for Carnegie Medal for ''Apple and Rain'' *2016: **''

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prize for young adult fiction for '' One'' ** Irish Children's Book of the Year for ''One'' **Carnegie Medal for ''One'' *2017:

Red House Children's Book Award The Federation of Children's Book Groups Children's Book Award is a set of annual literary prizes for children's books published in the U.K. during the preceding calendar year. It recognises one "Overall" winner and one book in each of three cat ...

for older readers for ''One'' *2020: Young Adult Jury Award of the German Youth Literature Awards for the German edition of ''Moonrise''

Novels

* ''The Weight of Water'' (2012) * ''Breathe'' (2012) * ''Resist'' (2013) – a sequel to ''Breathe'' * ''Apple and Rain'' (2014) * '' One'' (2015) * ''We Come Apart'' (2017) co-authored with Brian Conaghan * ''Moonrise'' (2017) *''Inséparable'' (2017) *''Swimming Pool ''(2018) *''Toffee'' (2019) *''Here is the Beehive'' (2020)

References

External links

Sarah Crossan at Fantastic Fiction
* 21st-century Irish writers Irish women writers Irish writers of young adult literature Carnegie Medal in Literature winners Alumni of the University of Warwick Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Laureates na nÓg {{Ireland-writer-stub