Ally Kennen

Ally Kennen (* 1975 in Somerset) is an award-winning^[1] British young adult and children's author.

Life

Ally Kennen grew up on a farm in Exmoor, England. Ally studied Archaeology and History at Birmingham University. Her first book, Beast, was created during an MA in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University.

Bibliography

• Beast (2006)
• Berserk (2007)
• Bedlam (2009)^[2]
• Sparks (2010)^[3]
• The Hedgehog Mystery (2011)
• Quarry (2011) ^[4]

• Bullet Boys (2012)
• Daybreak (2012)

Awards and nominations

• 2006 Beast shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal^[5]
• 2006 Beast shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize^[6]
• 2007 Beast won the Manchester Book Award^[1]
• 2007 Beast shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award^[7]
• 2007 Beast shortlisted for the Bolton Children's Book Award^[8]
• 2008 Berserk shortlisted for the Manchester Book Award^[1]
• 2008 Berserk longlisted for the Carnegie Medal^[5]
• 2008 Berserk won the North East Teenage Book Awards
• 2009 Bedlam longlisted for the Carnegie Medal
• 2010 Sparks longlisted for the Guardian Children's fiction Prize
• 2010 Sparks longlisted for the Carnegie Medal
• 2011 Sparks shortlisted for the Solihull Children's Book Award
• 2011 Sparks shortlisted for the UKLA 2011
• 2011 Sparks shortlisted for the Salford Children's Book Award 2011
• 2011 Sparks shortlisted for the Calderdale Children's Book 2011
• 2011 Sparks shortlisted for the Stockport Schools Book Award 2011
• 2011 Quarry longlisted for the Carnegie Medal^[5] 2012
• 2011 Quarry longlisted for the UKLA 2012
• 2011 Quarry shortlisted for the Coventry Inspiration Book Awards 2012
• 2011 Quarry shortlisted for the Grampian Children's Book Award 2012
• 2011 Quarry shortlisted for the Leeds Book Awards 2102

References

External links

• Official Site
• Rip Tide, a short story by Ally Kennen, on the Scottish Book Trust website, June 2008