Manjeet Mann

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Manjeet Mann
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Mann in 2022
OccupationActress and author
Alma mater Coventry University
Notable awards Costa Book Award for Children's Book (2022)
Partner Joseph Coelho
Website
manjeetmann.com

Manjeet Mann is an actress and writer. [1] Her novel The Crossing won the 2022 Costa Book Award for Children's Book. [2]

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Early life

Mann grew up in a working class family in Walsall. She studied performing arts at Coventry University. [3]

Career

Mann started her career as an actress before turning her hand to writing.

Mann's first novel, Run Rebel, was released in 2020 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and received the Shadowers’ Choice Award for Carnegie Medal [4] and the UKLA Book Award for Ages 11–14+; [5] it was shortlisted for and won several other awards. She later adapted the novel into a play, directed by Tessa Walker and produced by Pilot Theatre. The play was nominated for two Off West End Theatre Awards in 2025, for best production, which it won, and Creation for Mann. Her second novel, The Crossing, was published in 2021. It won the 2021 Costa Book Award for Children's Book [2] [6] and was shortlisted for numerous other awards including the Carnegie Medal.

Mann later published two children's picture books. The first, Small's Big Dream, illustrated by Amanda Quartey, was published in 2022, and the second, Whirly Twirly Me, also illustrated by Amanda Quartey, was published in summer 2023.

Personal life

Mann lives in Edinburgh with her partner Joseph Coelho.

Awards and honours

Awards for Mann's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2021The Crossing Costa Book Award for Children's Book Winner [2] [6]
Run, Rebel Branford Boase Award Shortlist [7]
Carnegie Medal Shortlist [8] [9]
Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry AwardShortlist [10]
Shadowers’ Choice Award for Carnegie MedalWinner [4]
UKLA Book Awards: Ages 11–14+Winner [5]
Sheffield Children's Book Awards:YA CategoryWinner
Diverse Book Award YA categoryWinner [11]
2022The CrossingSheffield Children's Book Awards: YA CategoryWinner [12]
Sheffield Children’s Book Award: OverallWinner [12]
Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry AwardShortlist[7]
Carnegie Medal Shortlist [13] [14]
Jhalak Prize: Children's & YAShortlist [15]
Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older FictionShortlist [16] [17]
Diverse Book Awards Shortlist [18]
YA Book Prize Shortlist [19]
2023 UKLA Book Awards: Ages 11–14+Winner [20]
Small's Big Dream UKLA Book Awards: Ages 3–6+Shortlist [20]
Small's Big DreamDiverse Book Awards: Picture Book CategoryShortlist
Small's Big DreamDiverse Book Awards: Picture Book Category

Readers Choice Award

Winner
2025Run, Rebel (stage adaptation)OFFIE's 2025 nomination for Creation

OFFIE's 2025 nomination for Production

Finalist

Winner

Children's picture books

Young adult novels

References

  1. ↑ "Home". Manjeet Mann. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Costa Book Awards 2021 category winners announced". Costa. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "Coffee Break: Manjeet Mann". Ink Pellet. October 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  4. 1 2 Roback, Diane (16 June 2021). "Jason Reynolds, Sydney Smith Win Carnegie, Kate Greenaway Medals in U.K." Publishers Weekly . Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  5. 1 2 "Outstanding Winners announced for the unique Awards from teachers!". United Kingdom Literacy Association . Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Awards: Costa Book Category, Aussie Prime Minister's Literary Winners". Shelf Awareness . 5 January 2022. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "Awards: MWA Edgar Winners; Branford Boase Shortlist". Shelf Awareness . 30 April 2021. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Greenaway, Carnegie Medal shortlists announced". Books+Publishing . 19 March 2021. Archived from the original on 19 March 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  9. ↑ Flood, Alison (18 March 2021). "Shortlist for Carnegie medal offers locked-down children 'hope and escapism'". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "Run, Rebel". CLPE. Archived from the original on 31 March 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Winners". www.thediversebookawards.co.uk. 2021.
  12. 1 2 "Sheffield Children's Book Award". Sheffield City Council. Archived from the original on 29 January 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  13. ↑ "The CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Medals shortlists 2022". Readings Books. 16 March 2022. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  14. ↑ Knight, Lucy (16 March 2022). "Carnegie medal shortlist spotlights real-life stories of friendship in challenging times". The Guardian . ISSN   0261-3077. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  15. ↑ "Awards: Oates Winner; Jhalak Shortlists". Shelf Awareness . 20 April 2022. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  16. ↑ "Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 11 February 2022. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2022.
  17. ↑ Sherwin, Adam (10 February 2022). "Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlist shows TikTok influencers driving sales surge". inews.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  18. ↑ "THE SHORTLIST". The DB Awards. Archived from the original on 7 October 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  19. ↑ "YA Book Prize 2022 – Shortlist Announced!". Bookseller. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  20. 1 2 "UKLA BOOK AWARDS 2023". United Kingdom Literacy Association . 9 May 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
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