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==Selected works==
==Selected works==

Revision as of 10:07, 17 January 2018

Robin Stevens
Born (1988-01-15) 15 January 1988 (age 36)
California, USA
OccupationNovelist
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's fiction
Notable worksMurder Most Unladylike series
Website
https://robin-stevens.co.uk/

Anita Ganeri is the author of the award-winning series Horrible Geography and many other non-fiction books for children.

Early life

She was born in Calcutta, India and her family emigrated to Europe when she was a baby.[1] She attended primary and secondary school in England, and graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in French/German and Indian Studies.[2]

Career

Caneri worked in publishing for several years before becoming a freelance writer - first as a foreign rights manager for Walker, and later as an editor at Usborne.[1] Her first published book was a Ladybird book on How Things Work.[1] In total, she has written over 300 non-fiction books, at a rate of 15-20 per year.[1] Her work on the Horrible Geography series led to her becoming a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.[1]

Personal life

She resides in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, with her husband, the children's author Chris Oxlade.[1]

Awards

Year Award
1999 Geographical Association Silver Award, for Horrible Geography: Odious Oceans, Violent Volcanoes and Stormy Weather
Example Example
2009 Blue Peter Book Award - Best Book with Facts, for Horrible Geography Handbooks – Planet In Peril

Selected works

  • 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.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Author spells out her fears over books for the internet generation". The Yorkshire Post. The Yorkshire Post. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Anita Ganeri". Children's Discovery Centre. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2018.