Sarah Crossan

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Sarah Crossan
Sarah Crossan (2018).jpg
Sarah Crossan in 2018
BornLondon, England
OccupationAuthor
GenreYouth adult fiction
Notable works
  • The Weight of Water
  • Apple and Rain
  • One

Sarah Crossan is an Irish author. She is best known for her books for young adults, including Apple and Rain and One, for which she has won several awards.

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Life and career

Crossan was born in London and grew up in Churchtown, Dublin. Her father was an architect and her mother was a homemaker. She has three brothers. [1]

Crossan graduated from University of Warwick in 1999 with a degree in Philosophy and Literature and later obtained a master's degree in Creative Writing. She received an Edward Albee Fellowship for writing in 2010. [2] Crossan trained as an English and drama teacher at the University of Cambridge. [3]

In May 2018, she was appointed Laureate na nÓg, or Irish Children's laureate by President Michael D. Higgins.

In July 2025, Simon & Schuster signed a three-book deal with Crossan. Her upcoming novel Gone for Good will be published in February 2026. [4]

Awards

Novels

References

  1. ↑ Crossan, Sarah (15 September 2018). "This much I know: Author Sarah Crossan". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  2. ↑ Sarah Crossan: Sarah Crossan Archived 1 March 2024 at the Wayback Machine , accessdate: 14 June 2016
  3. ↑ Bloomsbury.com. "Bloomsbury - Sarah Crossan - Sarah Crossan". www.bloomsbury.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  4. ↑ Warner, Emily (15 July 2025). "Simon & Schuster Children's signs 'major' three-book deal with Sarah Crossan". The Bookseller. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Carnegie medal shortlist: your verdicts". The Guardian. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Drabble, Emily (17 March 2015). "Carnegie medal and Kate Greenaway 2015 shortlists announced". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "Sarah Crossan's One, about conjoined twins, wins YA book prize". BBC Entertainment & Arts News. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "CBI Book of the Year Award winner is Sarah Crossan!". Children's Books Ireland. 20 May 2016. Archived from the original on 8 December 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  9. ↑ "Sarah Crossan wins the Carnegie medal with verse novel One". The Guardian . 20 June 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "Michael Morpurgo wins Children's Book Award for fourth time". BBC News. 11 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  11. ↑ "Die Sieger des Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreises 2020". jugendliteratur.org. Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  12. ↑ "Die Sieger des Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreises 2020". jugendliteratur.org. Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  13. ↑ Bloomsbury.com. "Toffee". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 30 May 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
  14. ↑ "Here Is the Beehive by Sarah Crossan review – subversive spin on adultery". The Guardian. 31 August 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
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