External links
- Sylvia Waugh at Library of Congress , with 8library catalogue records
- Sylvia Waugh at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Sylvia Waugh | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1935 (age 89–90) Gateshead, England |
| Occupation | Writer of children's books |
| Nationality | British |
| Notable awards | Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (1994) |
| Children | 3 |
Sylvia Waugh (born 1935) [1] is a British writer of children's books.
Waugh was born in Gateshead, Northern England in 1935. [1] Having worked as a teacher, careers advisor and teacher-librarian, Waugh began her writing career in 1987. [2] Her first book, The Mennyms, was published by Julia McRae in 1993 and won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. [3] She continued The Mennyms as a series of five books (1993 to 1996). [4]
Beside winning the Guardian Prize, [3] The Mennyms (book one) was recognised in other ways:
