Sally Gardner

Sally Gardner is an English children's writer and illustrator. She lives in London. Her award-winning book, "I, Coriander", is set in 17th-century London. It tells the story of Coriander, the unhappy daughter of a silk merchant.

Sally Gardner has severe dyslexia, and didn't learn to read until she was 14. But she did very well in art college and then in drama college, and worked as a theatre designer before turning to illustration and writing.

Bibliography

As author and illustrator

*"The Little Nut Tree" (1993)
*"My Little Princess" (1994)
*"Playtime Rhymes" (1995)
*"A Book of Princesses" (1997)
*"The Strongest Girl in the World" (1999)
*"The Fairy Catalogue" (2000)
*"The Smallest Girl Ever" (2000)
*"The Boy Who Could Fly" (2001)
*"The Glass Heart" (2001)
*"Mama, Don't Go Out Tonight" (2002)
*"The Invisible Boy" (2002)
*"Boolar's Big Day Out" (2003)
*"Fairy Shopping" (2003)
*"The Boy with the Magic Numbers" (2003)
*"The Countess's Calamity" (2003)
*"A Hoof in the Door" (2005)
*"The Boy with the Lightning Feet" (2006)

As author only

*"I, Coriander" (2005)
*"Lucy Willow" (2006)
*"The Red Necklace" (2007)
*"The Silver Blade" (2008)

As illustrator only

*"Robert and the Giant" (1990)
*"Suzi, Sam, George & Alice" (1993)
*"Gynormous!: The Ultimate Book of Giants" (1996)
*"Hello? Is Anybody There?" (1997)
*"The Real Fairy Storybook" (1998)
*"Polly's Running Away Book" (2000)
*"Polly's Absolutely Worst Birthday Book Ever" (2001)
*"Polly's Really Secret Diary" (2002)

Awards

*2003 "The Countess's Calamity" won the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Bronze Award and the Kids' Club Award [http://www.booktrusted.co.uk/nestle/ Nestlé Children's Book Prize] ]
*2005 "I, Coriander" won the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Gold Award
*2005 "I, Coriander" longlisted for the Carnegie Medal [ [http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/ The CILIP Carnegie Medal & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards] ]
*2006 "I, Coriander" shortlisted for the British Children's Book of the Year [ [http://www.britishbookawards.co.uk/ British Book Awards] ]
*2007 "I, Coriander" shortlisted for the Stockton Children's Book of the Year [cite web |url=http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/search/display.var.1231486.0.oscars_for_childrens_books.php |title='Oscars' for children's books |accessdate=2008-04-08 |date=2007-03-02 |publisher=The Northern Echo]

References

External links

* [http://www.sallygardner.net/index.html Sally Gardner Official website]
* [http://sallygardner.blogspot.com/ Sally Gardner Official blog]
* [http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1667318,00.html Guardian Books: Dyslexic writer savours Nestle victory]
* [http://www.bookbrowse.com/biographies/index.cfm?author_number=1195 Book Browse: Sally Gardner]
* [http://www.bloomsbury.com/childrens/microsite.asp?id=60&section=3 Bloomsbury Publishing: Sally Gardner]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/bigtoe/books/authors/gardner.shtml BBC 7 - Big Toe Radio Show - Author Sally Gardner ]