Tanya Landman | |
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| Born | Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | University of Liverpool |
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| Spouse | Rod Burnett |
| Relatives | Robert Shaw (uncle) Ian Shaw (cousin) |
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Tanya Landman is an English author of children's and young adult books. She is the niece of the actor Robert Shaw. [1]
Tanya continued on to study English literature at Liverpool University, after which she held jobs at a zoo, an arts center, and a children's bookshop. She worked at Storybox Theatre as a performer, administrator, and writer. [2] She has been a member of Storybox Theatre since 1992, serving in various capacities such as writer, administrator, and performer. [3]
Tanya was a fan of Penelope Lively's novels in which the past seeps into the present, most hauntingly in Astercote and The House in Norham Gardens but to great humorous effect in The Ghost of Thomas Kempe. [4]
Before the inspiration for Waking Merlin struck, Tanya had no intention of becoming a writer. "Adventure stories with a sprinkle of magic and spoonful of humour" characterised her early works. However, Tanya then changed her focus to crime, penning Mondays are Murder, the first of 10 "Agatha-Christies-for-kids." She writes for a wide age range of readers, but her young adult historical thrillers are arguably her most well-known works. [5]
North Devon's striking coastline served as inspiration for both the historical thriller Hell and High Water and her Flotsam & Jetsam trilogy. [5]
Tanya grew up in Gravesend, Kent after being born there. [2] Up until she was approximately fourteen, people thought she was a boy (maybe because of her short hair and persistently rough knees). [6] With her husband, Rod Burnett, two boys, Isaac and Jack, a Siamese cat, and two Labradors, she currently resides in North Devon. [5] [2] She leaves at regular times to visit schools around the nation and around the world. [6]
Tanya won the 2015 CILIP Carnegie Medal for her novel Buffalo Soldier. [7] She also won a Western Writers of America 2009 Spur Award for her novel I Am Apache. [8]
Her work has also been shortlisted for numerous other awards: the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize for Apache; the 2010 Bolton Children's Book Award and 2010 Red House Children's Book Award for Mondays are Murder; and the 2008 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for The Goldsmith's Daughter.
The Carnegie Medal for Writing, established in 1936, is a British literary award that annually recognises one outstanding new English-language book for children or young adults. It is conferred upon the author by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), who calls it "the UK's oldest and most prestigious book award for children's writing". CILIP is currently partnered with the audio technology company Yoto in connection with the award.
The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award was a literary award that annual recognised one fiction book written for children or young adults and published in the United Kingdom. It was conferred upon the author of the book by The Guardian newspaper, which established it in 1965 and inaugurated it in 1967. It was a lifetime award in that previous winners were not eligible. At least from 2000 the prize was £1,500. The prize was apparently discontinued after 2016, though no formal announcement appears to have been made.
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