{{short description|British children's writer }} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use British English|date=December 2015}} '''Annabel Pitcher''' is a British children's writer.

==Background== Pitcher was born in a village in West Yorkshire. She studied [[English Literature]] at [[Oxford University]]. Her first novel, ''[[My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece]]'', deals with the tragedy of a family torn apart by a [[Terrorism|terrorist]] attack.<ref name="guard" /><ref name="wond" /> It almost instantly became a bestseller and has been translated into over twenty languages.<ref name="coun" /> It was shortlisted for the [[Red House Children's Book Award]], the [[National Book Awards Children's Book of the Year|Galaxy Children's Book of the Year]], the 2012 [[Carnegie Medal (literary award)|Carnegie Medal]],<ref name=short2012>[http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_2012_short_carn.html "Shortlist for the 2012 CILIP Carnegie Medal announced"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712130421/http://www.carnegiegreenaway.org.uk/pressdesk/press.php?release=pres_2012_short_carn.html |date=12 July 2012 }}. 2012 press release. CILIP. Retrieved 2012-06-09.</ref> and the 2011 [[Dylan Thomas Prize]]. It won a Royal Society of Authors' [[Betty Trask Award]], the Hull Children's Book of the Year and the prestigious 2012 [[Branford Boase Award]] for most outstanding debut novel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jul/05/annabel-pitcher-brandford-boase-award |title=Brandford Boase award goes to My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece |date=5 July 2012 |work=[[The Guardian]] |author=Alison Flood |accessdate=5 July 2012}}</ref> Her books appeal to the ages 10–15 mostly.

Pitcher's second novel, ''[[Ketchup Clouds]]'', won the [[Waterstones Children's Book Prize]].<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2013/mar/21/annabel-pitcher-waterstones-childrens-book-prize "Annabel Pitcher wins Waterstones children's book prize" 21 March 2013] ''The Guardian''</ref> It also collected the Edgar Allan Poe award in 2014 for 'Best Young Adult Novel', awarded by the Mystery Writers of America.

Before her first book was published, Annabel trained as a teacher and taught English at [[Wakefield Girls' High School]].

== Published books == {| class=wikitable |- ! Year || Title || Publisher || Awards |- |2011 | ''[[My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece]]'' &nbsp; | [[Orion Books]] | 2012 [[Branford Boase Award]] |- |2012 | ''[[Ketchup Clouds]]'' <br>(US paperback title, ''Yours Truly'')<!-- http://lccn.loc.gov/2014015920 --> | Indigo/Orion | 2013 [[Waterstones Children's Book Prize]] &nbsp; |- | 2013 | ''Project Bright Spark'' <br>(illustrated by Roger Simó) | [[Collins Education]] &nbsp; |- | March<br>2015<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/products/annabel+pitcher/silence+is+goldfish/10135019 |title=Silence is Goldfish by Annabel Pitcher |publisher=Waterstones |date=2016-11-24 |accessdate=2017-03-08}}</ref> | ''[[Silence is Goldfish]]'' | Indigo/Orion | |}

==References== {{Reflist|refs<ref name="guard"> {{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2011/mar/16/sister-mantelpiece-review-first-look |title=My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher - review |work=The Guardian |date=16 March 2011 |accessdate=11 June 2011}}</ref><ref name="wond"> {{cite web |url=http://www.wondrousreads.com/2011/03/review-my-sister-lives-on-mantelpiece.html |title=Wondrous Reads: Review: My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece by Annabel Pitcher |publisher=Wonderous Reads |date=8 March 2011 |accessdate=11 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513062724/http://www.wondrousreads.com/2011/03/review-my-sister-lives-on-mantelpiece.html |archive-date=13 May 2011 |url-status=usurped }} </ref><ref name="coun"> {{cite web|url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/spain-arts-events-annabel-pitcher.htm |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110910205331/http://www.britishcouncil.org/spain-arts-events-annabel-pitcher.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 September 2011 |title=Annabel Pitcher |publisher=[[British Council]] |accessdate=11 June 2011}}</ref> }}

==External links== * {{official website }} * {{LCAuth|n2011065190|Annabel Pitcher|4|ue}}

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