Rachel Anderson
English journalist and author (born 1943) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rachel Anderson (born 1943) is an English journalist and author best known for her children's books. Her work often features the positive portrayal of characters with learning disabilities, and themes of social injustice and alienation.[1] She was married for 45 years to the writer and translator David Bradby.[2][3] Her mother was the writer Verily Anderson.
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Born | 1943 (age 80ā81) Hampton Court, Surrey, England |
Occupation(s) | Author and journalist |
Known for | Children's books |
Spouse | David Bradby (m. 1965) |
Children | 4 |
Parent(s) | Verily Anderson and Captain Donald Clive Anderson |
Relatives | Janie Hampton (sister) |
Awards | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, 1991 |
Website | rachelanderson |
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For the novel Paper Faces, published by OUP in 1991, Anderson won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers.[4]