Sarah Crossan Explained

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.

Biography

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.^[1] Crossan trained as an English and drama teacher at the University of Cambridge.^[2] In May 2018, she was appointed Laureate na nÓg, or Irish Children's laureate by President Michael D. Higgins.

Awards

• 2013: shortlisted for Carnegie Medal for The Weight of Water^[3]
• 2015: shortlisted for Carnegie Medal for Apple and Rain^[4]
• 2016:
  • The Bookseller YA Book Prize for One^[5]
  • Irish Children's Book of the Year for One^[6]
  • Carnegie Medal for One^[7]
• 2017: Red House Children's Book Award for older readers for One^[8]
• 2020: Young Adult Jury Award of the German Youth Literature Awards for the German edition of Moonrise^[9]
• 2024: Nominated for the Young Adult Jury Award of the German Youth Literature Awards for the German edition of Toffee^[10]

Novels

• The Weight of Water (2012)
• Breathe (2012)
• Resist (2013) – a sequel to Breathe
• Apple and Rain (2014)
• One (2015)
• We Come Apart (2017) co-authored with Brian Conaghan
• Moonrise (2017)
• Inséparable (2017)
• Swimming Pool (2018)
• Toffee ^[11] (2019)
• Here is the Beehive (2020)^[12]
• Where the Heart Should Be (March 2024)
• Hey Zoey (May/June 2024)

External links

• Sarah Crossan at Fantastic Fiction

Notes and References

1. Sarah Crossan: Sarah Crossan, accessdate: 14 June 2016
2. Web site: Bloomsbury - Sarah Crossan - Sarah Crossan. Bloomsbury.com. www.bloomsbury.com. en. 2017-03-08.
3. Web site: Carnegie medal shortlist: your verdicts. The Guardian. 11 June 2017. 20 June 2013.
4. Web site: Drabble. Emily. Carnegie medal and Kate Greenaway 2015 shortlists announced. The Guardian. 11 June 2017. 17 March 2015.
5. Web site: Sarah Crossan's One, about conjoined twins, wins YA book prize. BBC Entertainment & Arts News. 2 June 2016. 8 July 2016.
6. Web site: CBI Book of the Year Award winner is Sarah Crossan! . Children's Books Ireland . 20 May 2016 . 8 July 2016 . 8 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201208025058/http://childrensbooksireland.ie/cbi-book-of-the-year-award-winner-is-sarah-crossan/ . dead .
7. News: Sarah Crossan wins the Carnegie medal with verse novel One . . 20 June 2016 . 8 July 2016.
8. Web site: Michael Morpurgo wins Children's Book Award for fourth time. BBC News. 11 June 2017. 11 June 2017.
9. Web site: Die Sieger des Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreises 2020 . October 16, 2020. jugendliteratur.org . Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur.
10. Web site: Die Sieger des Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreises 2020 . October 16, 2020. jugendliteratur.org . Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur.
11. Web site: Toffee. Bloomsbury.com. Bloomsbury Publishing. en. 2019-05-30.
12. Web site: 2020-08-31. Here Is the Beehive by Sarah Crossan review – subversive spin on adultery. 2020-10-02. The Guardian. en.