{{Short description|English author}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use British English|date=December 2015}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2015}} {{Infobox writer | name = Celia Rees | image = Portrait photo of Celia Rees.jpeg | imagesize = | alt = Portrait photo of Celia Rees | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|6|17|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Solihull]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], England, United Kingdom | occupation = Author | nationality = British | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = [[University of Warwick]] [[University of Birmingham]] | period = 1993 – present | genre = [[Young adult fiction]], [[children's literature]], [[horror fiction|horror]], [[fantasy literature|fantasy]] | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = {{URL|http://www.celiarees.com}} | portaldisp = }}
'''Celia Rees''' (born 17 June 1949) is an English author.
Celia Rees was born in [[Solihull]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]] and attended [[Tudor Grange Academy, Solihull|Tudor Grange Grammar School for Girls]]. She studied [[History]] and [[Politics]] at [[Warwick University]] and has a PGCE and a master's degree in Education from [[Birmingham University]].<ref>Celia Rees official website http://www.celiarees.com</ref>
She became a teacher after leaving university and taught English in [[comprehensive schools]] in [[Coventry]] for sixteen years and this is when she began to write. Her intention was to ‘write for teenagers, books that they would want to read, almost adult in style and content.’ She left teaching in 1989. After working part-time in [[Further Education]] and as an Open Studies Lecturer for [[Warwick University]], she became a full-time writer in 1997.
Celia is a regular tutor for the [[Arvon Foundation]], is a member of the [[Society of Authors]], and has been [[Chairperson|Chair]] of the Children's Writers and Illustrators Group. She is a member of the Scattered Authors Society and a [[Fellow]] of the [[English Association]]. Celia lives with her husband, Terence Rees in [[Leamington Spa]]. She has one daughter, Catrin, who is a [[lawyer]] in [[London]].
== Writing == Celia Rees writes mainly for [[young adult fiction|young adults]] and has written across a range of genre from [[thrillers]], including her first novel, ''Every Step You Take'' (1993) to ''This Is Not Forgiveness'' (2012) to [[Gothic fiction|gothic]] and [[speculative fiction]], beginning with the [[vampire]] novel, ''Blood Sinister'' (1996)) and ending (for the time being) with ''The Stone Testament'' (2007).
She is perhaps best known for her [[historical fiction]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=New directions in children's gothic : debatable lands |date=2017 |others=Anna Jackson |isbn=978-1-317-44424-4 |location=New York |oclc=980304580}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hubler |first=Angela |date=2013 |title=Re-Visioning Historical Fiction for Young Readers: The Past Through Modern Eyes by Kim Wilson (review) |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/article/538116 |journal=The Lion and the Unicorn |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=355–357 |doi=10.1353/uni.2013.0022 |s2cid=143931191 |issn=1080-6563|url-access=subscription }}</ref> ''[[Witch Child]]'' (2000) was [[shortlisted]] for the [[Guardian Award|Guardian Children's Fiction Prize]] (2001) and won the [[Prix Sorcières]] in France (2003). The sequel, ''Sorceress'' (2002), was shortlisted for the [[Costa Book Awards|Whitbread (Costa) Children's Book Award]]; and ''Pirates!'' (2003) was shortlisted for the [[W.H. Smith Literary Award|W.H. Smith Children's Book Award]]. ''Sovay'' followed in 2008 and ''The Fool’s Girl'' in 2010
Celia Rees's novels have been translated into 28 languages. Her books for younger readers include ''The Bailey Game'' (1994) and the ''Trap in Time Trilogy'' (2001/2).
== List of works == * ''Every Step You Take'' (1993) * ''The Bailey Game'' (1994) * ''Colour her Dead'' (1994) * ''Blood Sinister'' (1996) *Anthologized with other [[Point Horror]] in ''Decayed'' (2001) * ''Midnight Hour'' (1997) * ''Ghost Chamber'' (1997) * ''The Vanished'' (1997) * ''H Is for Haunting'' (1998){{efn|name=OutOfPrint|Out of print}} * ''A Is for Apparition'' (1998){{efn|name=OutOfPrint}} * ''U Is for Unbeliever'' (1998){{efn|name=OutOfPrint}} * ''N Is for Nightmare'' (1998){{efn|name=OutOfPrint}} * ''T Is for Terror'' (1998){{efn|name=OutOfPrint}} * ''S Is for Shudder'' (1998){{efn|name=OutOfPrint}} * ''Soul Taker'' (1998) * ''Truth or Dare'' (2000) * ''The Cunning Man'' (2000) * ''[[Witch Child]]'' (2000) * Trap in Time Trilogy: ''Trap in Time'' (2001), ''City of Shadows'' (2002), and ''The Host Rides Out'' (2002) * ''Sorceress'' (2002) * ''Pirates!'' (2003) * ''Wish House'' (2005) * ''Stone Testament'' (2007) * ''Sovay'' (2008) * ''The Fool’s Girl'' (2011) * ''This Is Not Forgiveness'' (2012) * ''Daughters of Time'' (2014) * ''Glass Town Wars'' (2019)
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== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}} * [http://www.celiarees.com/ Official site] * [http://www.bloomsbury.com/author/celia-rees Bloomsbury biography] * [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/celia-rees/ Complete list of works] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120925062027/http://literature.britishcouncil.org/celia-rees British Council] * {{isfdb name|id=Celia_Rees|name=Celia Rees}}
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