Penelope Lively (born March 17, 1933) is a prolific, popular and critically acclaimed author of fiction for both children and adults. She has been shortlisted three times for the Booker Prize, winning once for Moon Tiger in 1987. March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in leap years). ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Man Booker Prize, or simply the Man Booker, is one of the worlds most important literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in... Moon Tiger is an exceptional novel spanning the time pre, during and post World War One. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Born in Cairo in 1933, she spent her early childhood in Egypt, before being sent to boarding school in England at the age of twelve. She read Modern History at St Anne's College, Oxford, and settled in England. Nickname: Al Qahirah (The Triumphant City) Cairos location in Egypt Coordinates: Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area    - City 210 km²  - Metro 1,492 km² Population (2005)  - City 7,438,376  - Density 35,420/km²  - Urban 10,834,495  - Metro 15,200,000 Time zone EET (UTC+2)  - Summer (DST... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... St Annes College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ...

She first achieved success with her children's fiction. Her first book, Astercote, was published in 1970. Since then, she has published many other books for children, achieving particular recognition with The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (1973) for which she received the Carnegie Medal and with A Stitch in Time (1976) which won her the Whitbread Award for best children's book. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The Ghost of Thomas Kempe is a novel for children by Penelope Lively published in 1973. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Carnegie Medal in Literature was established in the UK in 1936 in honour of Andrew Carnegie. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... The Whitbread Book Awards are among the United Kingdoms most prestigious literary awards. ...

Her first novel for adults, The Road to Lichfield, was published in 1977 and made the shortlist for the Booker Prize. She repeated this feat in 1984 with According to Mark, and eventually won the prize in 1987 with Moon Tiger. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known as the Man Booker Prize, or simply the Man Booker, is one of the worlds most important literary prizes, and awarded each year for the best original novel written by a citizen of the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland in... 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Moon Tiger is an exceptional novel spanning the time pre, during and post World War One. ...

In addition to writing novels and short stories, she has also written radio and television scripts, presented a radio programme and contributed reviews and articles to various newspapers and journals, She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and was awarded the OBE in 1989 and the CBE in 2001. The Royal Society of Literature is the senior literary organisation in Britain. External link The Royal Society of Literature Categories: Literature stubs | Literature of the United Kingdom ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire (Military division) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire (Military division) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions; in decreasing order of seniority... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Bibliography

Fiction for Children

• Astercote (1970)
• The Whispering Knights (1971)
• The Driftway (1972)
• The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (1973, Carnegie Medal winner)
• The House in Norham Gardens (1974)
• Going Back (1975)
• Boy Without a Name (1975)
• A Stitch in Time (1976, Whitbread Award winner)
• The Stained Glass Window (1976)
• Fanny's Sister (1976)
• The Voyage of QV66 (1978)
• Fanny and the Monsters (1978)
• Fanny and the Battle of Potter's Piece (1980)
• The Revenge of Samuel Stokes (1981)
• Uninvited Ghosts and other stories (1984)
• Dragon Trouble (1984)
• Debbie and the Little Devil (1987)
• A House Inside Out (1987)
• Princess by Mistake (1993)
• Judy and the Martian (1993)
• The Cat, the Crow and the Banyan Tree (1994)
• Good Night, Sleep Tight (1995)
• Two Bears and Joe (1995)
• Staying with Grandpa (1995)
• A Martian Comes to Stay (1995)
• Lost Dog (1996)
• One, Two, Three...Jump! (1998)
• The House in Norham Gardens (2004)

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Fiction for Adults

• The Road to Lichfield (1977, shortlisted for the Booker Prize)
• Nothing Missing but the Samovar, and other stories (1978, Southern Arts Literature Prize winner)
• Treasures of Time (1979, Arts Council National Book Award winner)
• Judgement Day (1980)
• Next to Nature, Art (1982)
• Perfect Happiness (1983)
• Corruption, and other stories (1984)
• According to Mark (1984, shortlisted for the Booker Prize)
• Pack of Cards, Stories 1978-86 (1986)
• Moon Tiger (1987, Booker Prize winner, shortlisted for the Whitbread Award)
• Passing On (1989)
• City of the Mind (1991)
• Cleopatra's Sister (1993)
• Heat Wave (1996)
• Spiderweb (1998)
• The Photograph (2003)
• Making it up (2005)

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Non-fiction

• The Presence of the Past: An introduction to landscape history (1976)
• Oleander, Jacaranda: a Childhood Perceived (1994)
• A House Unlocked (2001)

1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Penelope Lively's official website
• 1988 audio interview with Penelope Lively by Don Swaim of CBS Radio
• Penelope Lively at www.contemporarywriters.com