![]() ![]() Breslin won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising it as the year's best children's book by a British subject. Whispers in the Graveyard, published by Methuen in 1994, features a dyslexic boy. ![]() ![]() She began writing for publication whilst employed as a librarian, and has published over 50 books. She started writing as a teenager writing about the closing of a nearby steel mill. in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature.īreslin grew up in Kirkintilloch, Scotland. In March 2019 Theresa was awarded Scottish Book Trust's Outstanding Achievement Award. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Association for Scottish Literary Studies. Her work includes folk tales, humorous books, fantasy and time slip adventures, historical novels, modern issues, texts suitable for challenged and EAL readers, short stories, poetry and plays. Winner of many literary awards, including the prestigious Carnegie Medal, Theresa Breslin is the popular, critically acclaimed author of over 50 titles covering every age range, whose books have been adapted for television, stage and radio, and are translated world-wide. Theresa Breslin OBE is a Scottish author. ![]()
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