Kevin Crossley-Holland
Author
1941 –
Who is Kevin Crossley-Holland?
Kevin John William Crossley-Holland is an English translator, children's author and poet. His best known work may now be the Arthur trilogy, published around age sixty, for which he won the Guardian Prize and other recognition.
Crossley-Holland and his 1985 novella Storm won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's outstanding children's book by a British subject. For the 70th anniversary of the Medal in 2007 it was named one of the top ten winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite.
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- Born
- Feb 7, 1941
Mursley - Also known as
- Kevin John William Crossley-Holland
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- St Edmund Hall, Oxford
- University of Oxford
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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