(1947-12-07) 7 December 1947 (age 76) Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Occupation
Writer
Alma mater
University of Warwick
Period
1978–present
Genre
Children's literature (all ages); black comedy
Notable works
Madame Doubtfire
Goggle-Eyes
Flour Babies
Notable awards
Carnegie Medal 1989, 1992 Guardian Prize 1990
Spouse
Kit Fine (divorced)
Partner
Dick Warren[1]
Children
Cordelia Fine Ione Fine
Website
www.annefine.co.uk
Anne Fine OBE FRSL (born 7 December 1947) is an English writer. Although best known for children's books, she also writes for adults. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and she was appointed an OBE in 2003.[2]
Fine has written more than seventy children's books, including two winners of the annual Carnegie Medal and three highly commended runners-up.[3][a] For some of those five books she also won the Guardian Prize, one Smarties Prize, two Whitbread Awards, and she was twice the Children's Author of the Year.
For her contribution as a children's writer, Fine was a runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1998.[4][5] From 2001 to 2003, she was the second Children's Laureate in the UK.[6]
^Salter, Jessica (14 September 2010). "World of Anne Fine, author". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010.
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