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British children's and adult writer (born )

Anne FineOBE FRSL (born 7 December ) is an English writer. Although best known for children's books, she also writes for adults.

Telling Tales: biographical information about Anne Fine

She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and she was appointed an OBE in ^[2]

Fine has written more than seventy children's books, including two winners of the annual Carnegie Medal and three highly commended runners-up.^[3][a] For some of those five books she also won the Guardian Prize, one Smarties Prize, two Whitbread Awards, and she was twice the Children's Author of the Year.

For her contribution as a children's writer, Fine was a runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in ^[4][5] From to , she was the second Children's Laureate in the UK.^[6]

Early life

Fine was born and raised in Leicester and educated in neighbouring midland counties of England.

She attended Northampton High School and earned a degree in Anne Fine - Wikipedia RUWAH