Ann Schlee

Ann Schlee FRSL (born 1934) is a novelist in England.

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Childhood and education

As a children, she was brought up in the USA by her mother and grandparents until the end of the Second World War.[1] After WWII, she lived in Cairo, Egypt, with her parents. They later moved to Sudan and Eritrea. Inter alia, she attended boarding school in England and later studied at Somerville College, Oxford.

Career

Schlee has spent much of her writing career in London. She was especially active in the 1970s to the 1990s.

Awards and honours

She won the 1980 Guardian Award for Children's Fiction for her novel The Vandal.[2] Her novel Rhine Journey[3] was shortlisted for the 1981 Booker Prize.[4] She was elected to be a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1997.[5]

Personal life

Ann Schlee lives with her husband, the artist Nick Schlee, in Berkshire. She has four children.

Selected books

Ann Schlee has written a number of books including:[6][7][8]

References

  1. ^ Ann Schlee, David Higham Associates.
  2. ^ Guardian Award for Children's Fiction, The Children's Literature Web Guide.
  3. ^ Ann Schlee, Rhine Journey. Henry Holt & Co, 1981. ISBN 978-0030568947.
  4. ^ Rhine Journey by Ann Schlee, Fantastic Fiction.
  5. ^ All Fellows: S, The Royal Society of Literature.
  6. ^ Ann Schlee, goodreads.
  7. ^ Ann Schlee, LibraryThing.
  8. ^ Ann Schlee, Amazon.co.uk.