Penelope Lively
British novelist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
British novelist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dame Penelope Margaret Lively DBE FRSL (born 17 March 1933) is an English writer of fiction for both children and adults. She has won both the Booker Prize (Moon Tiger, 1987) and the Carnegie Medal for British children's books (The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, 1973).
Penelope M. Lively | |
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Lively in 2013 | |
| Born | Penelope Margaret Low 17 March 1933 Cairo, Egypt |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Citizenship | British |
| Period | 1970–present |
| Genre | Novels, children's fiction (notably contemporary fantasy) |
| Notable awards | Carnegie Medal 1973 Booker Prize 1987 |
Lively is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She is also a Vice-President of the Friends of the British Library.[1]
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