Steve Augarde
Steve Augarde | |
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Born | Steven Andre Augarde 3 October 1950 Birmingham, England |
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Genre | Children's literature |
Notable work | The Various |
Steve Augarde (born 3 October 1950) is a British author and artist. He has written and illustrated several novels for children and young adults as well as over seventy
Biography
Steven Andre Augarde was born in 1950 in
Augarde's more recent work has been aimed at older children and young adults. The Touchstone Trilogy is a subtle fantasy which depicts fairy folk as reclusive tribes largely without magic.[4] X Isle is a post-apocalyptic dystopian thriller.[5] Leonardo da Vinci combines fiction and non-fiction, revealing the life and art of Leonardo da Vinci partly through the journal of a young apprentice.[6]
The Various won a Smarties award in 2003[7] and was shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award.[8] All three books of the Touchstone Trilogy and X Isle have been nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
Selected bibliography
Touchstone Trilogy
- The Various (2005)
- Celandine (2006)
- Winter Wood (2008)
Others
- X Isle (2009)
- Lifelines: Leonardo da Vinci (2009)
Picture books
- Pig (1975)
- Barnaby Shrew, Black Dan and the Mighty Wedgwood (1979)
- Bump's Umbrella (1992)
- Tractor Trouble (1997)
- Fire Engine to the Rescue (1998)
- When I Grow Up... (2000)
- Vroom, Vroom! (2002)
- Kissing Fish (2002)
References
- ^ Steve Augarde at Encyclopedia.com
- ^ Random House biography
- ^ Steve Augarde: Music Archived 2012-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Review of The Various from The Guardian
- ^ X Isle at Goodreads
- ^ Lifelines: Leonard da Vinci at Pan Macmillan
- ^ Review of Winter Wood in The Independent
- Times Educational Supplement
External links
- Official website
- Steve Augarde at Fantastic Fiction
- Steve Augarde at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Steve Augarde at Library of Congress, with 32 library catalogue records
- An Interview with Steve Augarde, by Dolores D'Annolfo, Eclectica Magazine, Oct/Nov 2007