| McCaughrean
to take us back to Neverland
14th March 2005 |
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| Geraldine
McCaughrean has been chosen to write the official sequel to the
story of Peter Pan after Great Ormond Street Hospital, copyright
holders to the JM Barrie classic, decided to commission a sequel
last year. Geraldine, who was picked from hundreds of candidates
around the world, said she was "delighted beyond words". |
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"It
is an astonishing, daunting priviledge to be let loose in Neverland
armed with nothing but a pen," added the award-winning children's
author. |
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Geraldine
was selected by a judging panel which included the original author's
great-great-nephew David Barrie who said that choosing a winner was
a "tough challenge ... We were presented with lots of wonderfully
imaginative entries". Geraldine McCaughrean has won the Whitbread Children's Book of the year three times for reinterpreting classics such as Noah's ark, Moby Dick and the Canterbury Tales for younger readers. |
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| Geraldine's
Author profile appears in our AuthorZone
pages. She was one of the first authors to appear in the magazine.
She also appeared in Issue 6 (Autumn 2004) of our new tBkmag - letting
us peek into her photo album at significant moments in her life. The
launch of this sequel will surely provide a "significant other". Geraldine also has 2 of her latest novels, "Smile!" ans "Not the End of the World" longlisted for the 2004 CILIP Carnegie Medal. |
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