Meg Rosoff
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Meg Rosoff (b. 1956) is an American author best known for her novel How I Live Now which won 3 awards including the Guardian Award (2004), Michael L. Printz Award (2005), Branford Boase Award (2005) and was shortlisted for the 2004 Whitbread Awards in the children's book category.
[edit] Biography
Born in Boston, MA, USA in 1956, she was the second of four sisters. She attended Harvard University in 1974 after being rejected from entering Princeton University. After 3 years at Harvard University she decided to apply for St. Martin's College of Art in London, England. After an unsuccessful attempt at Art College she went back to the United States to finish her degree and later moved to New York City for 10 years to do jobs in publishing and advertising.
After 10 years she decided to move back to London for 3 months but decided to stay there for longer. After 15 years in the advertising business she began to write novels after her youngest sister died of breast cancer. In 2004 she wrote How I Live Now which won 3 awards and was shortlisted for the 2004 Whitbread Awards. In 2005 she wrote Meet Wild Boars working with Sophie Blackall and in 2006 she wrote Just in Case.
[edit] Bibliography
- How I Live Now (2004)
- Meet Wild Boars (2005)
- Just in Case (2006)
Meg Rosoff also wrote London Guide: Your Passport to Great Travel in the non fiction category.
