Sylvia Waugh Explained

Nationality:	British
Occupation:	Writer of children's books
Children:	3
Birth Place:	Gateshead, England
Awards:	Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (1994)

Sylvia Waugh (born 1935)^[1] is a British writer of children's books.

Biography

Waugh was born in Gateshead, Northern England in 1935. 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]

Awards

Beside winning the Guardian Prize, The Mennyms (book one) was recognised in other ways:

• The Birmingham Readers & Writers Children's Book Award - a new prize, selected by schoolchildren
• An official commendation and the Silver Kiss (CPNB) for the Dutch 'Mennyms under Siege'
• A certificate from the American Hungry Mind Review naming it one of its 'Children's Books of Distinction'
• American Parenting magazine's 'Reading Magic Awards' - one of the top ten children's books in the USA for 1994, and one of the ten books of the decade that 'best withstand the test of time'.
• The whole series was awarded the Kinderbuchpreis 2000 in Vienna.

Selected works

The Mennyms

• The Mennyms (Julia MacRae, 1993) — her first book
• Mennyms in the Wilderness (1994)
• Mennyms Under Siege (1995)
• Mennyms Alone (1996)
• Mennyms Alive (1996)

Ormingat trilogy

• Space Race (2000)
• Earthborn (2002)
• Who Goes Home? (2003)

References

1. Web site: Waugh, Sylvia 1935– . 2023-06-03 . Encyclopedia.com.
2. Web site: Whetstone. David. 2016-03-01. 11 notable North East books for young readers. 2021-03-19. ChronicleLive. en. 9 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160809224031/http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/world-book-day-approaches-here-10969983. live.
3. Web site: Guardian children's fiction prize relaunched . 23 May 2008. 12 March 2001 . The Guardian.
4. Web site: Sylvia Waugh's Mennyms books in order . www.fantasticfiction.com . 28 February 2023 . 28 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230228131540/https://www.fantasticfiction.com/w/sylvia-waugh/mennyms/ . live .