Ann Schlee

Ann Schlee FRSL (born 1934) is an English novelist. She won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for The Vandal (1979), a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers.[1] She was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1997.[2]

Early years and education

As a child, Ann Schlee was brought up in the United States by her mother and grandparents until the end of the Second World War.[3] Afterward she began to settle in Cairo, Egypt, with her parents. They later moved to Sudan and Eritrea. Inter alia she attended boarding school in England and later studied at Somerville College, Oxford.

Career

Schlee has spent much of her writing career in London being quite active in the 1970s to the 1990s.

Awards and honours

The Vandal (Macmillan, 1980) is a science fiction novel set in the future. Beside winning the 1980 Guardian Prize[1] it was a commended runner up for the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.[4][lower-alpha 1]

Rhine Journey (Henry Holt & Co, 1981, ISBN 978-0-03-056894-7) was shortlisted for the 1981 Booker Prize, recognising the year's best novel.[5]

Personal life

Ann Schlee lives with her husband, the artist Nick Schlee, in Berkshire. They have four children.

Selected works

Schlee has written a number of books including:[6][7][8]

  • The Strangers (1971)
  • The Consul's Daughter (1972)
  • Guns of Darkness (1973)
  • Ask Me No Questions (1979)
  • The Vandal (Macmillan, 1980)
  • Rhine Journey (Henry Holt & Co, 1981)
  • The Proprietor (1983)
  • Laing (1987)
  • The Proprietor (1996)
  • The Time in Aderra (Macmillan, 1998)

Notes
  1. Today there are usually eight books on the Carnegie shortlist. According to CCSU, some runners up through 2002 were Commended (from 1955) or Highly Commended (from 1966); the Highly Commended distinction became approximately annual in 1979. There were about 160 commendations of both kinds in 48 years including Schlee and two others (one highly commended) in 1979.

References
  1. "Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched: Entry details and list of past winners". guardian.co.uk 12 March 2001. Retrieved 2012-08-05.
  2. All Fellows: S Archived 12 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine, The Royal Society of Literature.
  3. Ann Schlee Archived 6 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine, David Higham Associates.
  4. "Carnegie Medal Award". 2007(?). Curriculum Lab. Elihu Burritt Library. Central Connecticut State University (CCSU). Retrieved 2012-08-09.
  5. Rhine Journey by Ann Schlee Archived 5 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine, Fantastic Fiction.
  6. Ann Schlee, goodreads.
  7. Ann Schlee, LibraryThing.
  8. Ann Schlee, Amazon.co.uk.
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