Kevin Brooks (writer)

Kevin Brooks ( born March 30, 1959 in Pinhoe near Exeter in Devon, England ) is a British writer and is married to Susan Williams.

Life and work

Kevin Brooks studied in Birmingham and London (B. A. in Cultural Studies, University of Aston, 1983). He earned his money long with odd jobs, among other things as a gas station attendant, as sellers at the London Zoo and as an assistant in a crematorium. He played guitar in a punk rock band and wrote their own songs. Since the overwhelming success of his debut novel, Martyn Pig, he is a freelance writer in Manningtree in Essex County.

Bibliography

  • 2002: Martyn Pig ( dt Martyn Pig, dtv 2004, ISBN 978-3-423-70866-1 ) Book of the month the Institute for Youth Literature 08 /2004
  • Nominated for the German Youth Literature Award 2005
  • Branford Boase Award 2003
  • Nomination for the Carnegie Medal 2002
  • Golden Lufti in the 11th round of price
  • Buxtehude Bull 2005
  • German Youth Literature Award 2006
  • Nomination for the Guardian Children's Book Award 2003
  • Nominated for the Booktrust Teenage Prize
  • Nominated for the German Youth Literature Award 2008
  • Stockport Children's Book Award
  • Nomination for the Guardian Children's Book Award 2005
  • Nominated for the North East Book Award 2007
  • German Youth Literature Award 2009
  • German Killing God, dtv, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-423-71451-8
  • German Sleeping ghost, detective novel, dtv, Munich 2011 ISBN 978-3-423-40908-7

More Awards

  • White Raven
  • Sheffield Children's Book Award
Crematory Carnegie Medal (literary award) Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Candy (Brooks novel) Perlentaucher Integrated Authority File
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