Anita Ganeri
Anita Ganeri is the author of the award-winning series Horrible Geography and very many other non-fiction books for children.[1] She resides in West Yorkshire, England. She was born in Calcutta, India and her family emigrated to Europe.[2] She attended primary and secondary school in England, and graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in French/German and Indian Studies.[3] Anita has spent many years working for publishers both as an editor and a foreign rights manager. She then began researching for her Horrible Geography books.[1] In total, she has written over 300 books.[4]
Selected books
- A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.
- Alive: The Living, Breathing Human Body Book
- Horrible Geography series
- I Wonder Why the Sea Is Salty: And Other Question about the Oceans
- Questions and Answers: Wild Wild World, Parragon 2001
- Sacred Texts: The Ramayana and other Hindu Texts
- The Smart Girl's Guide to Growing Up
- Kingfisher Readers: Creepy Crawlies
- Lifesize: Ocean
- 20th Century History Makers: Martin Luther King Jr.
Awards
- The Royal Canadian Geographical Society Silver Award (1999)[4]
- Geographical Association Highly Commended Award for Horrible Geography: The Horrible Geography of the World (2008) [3]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Scholastic Children's Books Author Zone". scholastic.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ Anita Ganeri at Macmillan
- 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
- 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-19. Retrieved 2011-01-10.
External links
- Official website
- Anita Ganeri at Library of Congress Authorities, with 406 catalogue records
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