Kevin Crossley-Holland
Kevin John William Crossley -Holland ( born February 7, 1941 in Mursley, North Buckinghamshire ) is a British children 's and teen book author, poet, translator and member of the Royal Society of Literature.
Crossley- Holland grew up in Whiteleaf, a small town in the Chilterns. He studied literature at the College St Edmund Hall, Oxford University.
Awards
Crossley- Holland was awarded the 1986 Carnegie Medal for his book Storm, the Smarties Prize in 2000 for Arthur - The Seeing Stone ( German: Arthur - The Magic Mirror ), the Guardian Children's Fiction Award 2001 and the Tir na n- Og Award 2001.
Works
- The Rain - giver. London, 1972 ( poems)
- Storm London 1975
- The Dream House. London, 1976 ( poems)
- Waterslain. London, 1986 ( poems)
- The Arthurian Saga Arthur - The Magic Mirror, Stuttgart 2003 ( first volume; English Original title: Arthur - The Seeing Stone)
- Arthur - Between the Worlds, Munich 2004 (second band; English Original title: Arthur - At the Crossing Places)
- Arthur - In the Shadow of the Cross, Stuttgart 2003 ( the third volume, the original English title: Arthur - King of the Middle March )