Penelope Lively
British novelist (born 1933) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dame Penelope Margaret Lively DBE FRSL (née Low; born 17 March 1933)[2] is a British writer of fiction for both children and adults. Lively has won both the Booker Prize (Moon Tiger, 1987) and the Carnegie Medal for British children's books (The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, 1973).
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Born | Penelope Margaret Low (1933-03-17) 17 March 1933 (age 91) Cairo, Egypt |
Occupation | Writer |
Language | English |
Nationality | British |
Education | St Anne's College, Oxford |
Period | 1970–present |
Genre | Novels, short stories, children's fiction (notably contemporary fantasy) |
Notable awards | Carnegie Medal 1973 Booker Prize 1987 |
Spouse | |
Children | 2, including Adam Lively |
Relatives | Valentine Low (half-brother) Rachel Reckitt (aunt)[1] |
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