Theresa Breslin is a Scottish author. Winner of many literary awards, including the prestigious Carnegie Medal, Theresa Breslin is the popular, critically acclaimed author of over 50 titles covering every age range, whose books have been adapted for television, stage and radio, and are translated world-wide. Her work includes folk tales, humorous books, fantasy and time slip adventures, historical novels, modern issues, texts suitable for challenged and EAL readers, short stories, poetry and plays. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Association for Scottish Literary Studies. In March 2019 Theresa was awarded Scottish Book Trust's Outstanding Achievement Award. In June 2019 Theresa received an O.B.E. in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature.

Career

Breslin grew up in Kirkintilloch, Scotland. She started writing as a teenager; writing about the closing of a nearby steel mill. She began writing for publication whilst employed as a librarian, and has published over 50 books. ''

Whispers in the Graveyard ''Whispers in the Graveyard'' is a children's novel by Theresa Breslin, published by Methuen in 1994. Breslin won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. In a re ...

'', published by Methuen in 1994, features a dyslexic boy. Breslin won the annual Carnegie Medal from the

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, recognising it as the year's best children's book by a

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'' (2005) is her 8th book for the Doubleday list. '' The Medici Seal'', (August 2006) for which her research was extensive, with trips to study

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’s most famous works, including the

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. ''The Medici Seal'' is a tale of intrigue, murder and betrayal which follows the journey of Matteo as he travels with Leonardo across Italy on the

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s' business. Matteo carries with him a secret – a secret that both the Borgia and the Medici families would kill to obtain. Breslin was appointed

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(OBE) in the

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for services to literature.

Works

*''Simon's Challenge'' (1988) *''Different Directions'' (1989) *''Time to Reap'' (1991) *''Kezzie'' (1993) *''Bullies at School'' (1993) *''

'' (1994) *''Alien Force'' (1995) *''A Homecoming for Kezzie'' (1995) *''Missing'' (1995) *''Death or Glory Boys'' (1996) *''Name Games'' (1997) *''Across the Roman Wall'' (1997) *''Blair, the Winner!'' (1997) – four stories *''Name Games'' (1997) *''Bodyparts'' (1998) *''Starship Rescue'' (1999) *''Blair Makes a Splash'' (1999) – four stories *''The Dream Master'' (1999) *''Dream Master – Nightmare!'' (2000) *''Duncan of Carrick'' (2000) *''Remembrance'' (2002) *''New School Blues'' (2002) *''Dream Master – Gladiator' (2003) *''Prisoner in Alcatraz'' (2004) *''Dream Master – Arabian Nights'' (2004) *''Saskia's Journey'' (2004) *''

'' (2005) *'' The Medici Seal'' (2006) *''The Nostradamus Prophecy'' (2008) *''Prisoner of the Inquisition'' (2010) *''Spy for the Queen of Scots'' (2012)

Awards and honours

* Winner of the Carnegie Medal for Children's Literature - for ''

'' * Awarded Honorary Membership of the Scottish Library Association for distinguished services to Children's Literature and Librarianship, 2000 * Scottish Writers CD ROM (Project Manager) – Bafta nomination * Selected for the American Library Association's Best Books for Young Adults, and New York Public Library's Books for the Teen Age 2003. * Civic Award from Strathkelvin * Winner of the Scottish Book Trust Best of the Decade Award * Winner of Young Book Trust's Kathleen Fidler Award for ''Simon's Challenge'' * Winner of the Sheffield Children's Book Award - longer novel * Awarded Honorary Fellowship of the

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, 2010 * OBE for Services to Literature, 2019 ;Runners up, etc. *The Children's Book Award (twice) *The Angus Book Award *The Lancashire Book Award *The Moray Book Award *North-East Book Award *The Sheffield Book Award (twice) *South Lanark Book Award *The Stockton Book Award

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Breslin, Theresa Scottish children's writers Scottish librarians British women librarians Carnegie Medal in Literature winners Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Living people Officers of the Order of the British Empire

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