Geraldine McCaughrean

For her lifetime contribution as a children's writer, McCaughrean was the British nominee in 2004 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition available to creators of children's books. She was elected an Honorary Fellow of Canterbury Christ Church University in 2006 and a Fellow of the English Association in 2010. She has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature since 2010. Four of McCaughrean's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Not the End of the World (2005), The White Darkness (2007), The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen (2011), and Where the World Ends (2020). In 2002, The Horn Book Magazine included The Kite Rider on their list of the best children's fiction of the year. In 2020, Booklist included Where the World Ends on their "Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth" list. Awards for McCaughrean's writing • Year — Title — Award — Result — Ref. • 1987 — Whitbread Award for Children's Book — Winner • 1988 — Carnegie Medal — Winner • 1989 — Guardian Children's Fiction Prize — Winner • 1994 — Gold Dust — Whitbread Award for Children's Book — Winner • 1996 — Plundering Paradise — Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (6–8 years) — Bronze • Whitbread Award for Children's Book — Shortlist • 2000 — Blue Peter Book Award for Book of the Year — Winner • 2001 — Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book to Keep Forever — Winner • Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (9–11 years) — Bronze • 2002 — Stop the Train — Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (9–11 years) — Bronze • Carnegie Medal — Highly commended • 2004 — Smile! — Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (6–8 years) — Bronze • Not the End of the World — Whitbread Award for Children's Book — Winner • 2005 — Whitbread Award for Children's Book — Shortlist • 2006 — ALSC Notable Children's Recordings — Selection • 2007 — Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth — Selection • Stop the Train! — Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | — Selection • 2008 — ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults — Selection • 2008 — Michael L. Printz Award — Winner • 2011 — ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults — Selection • American Library Association Rainbow List — Top 10 • 2018 — Where the World Ends — Carnegie Medal — Winner • Independent Bookshop Week Book Award — Winner • 2020 — Michael L. Printz Award — Honor

• A Little Lower Than the Angels (1987) • A Pack of Lies (1988) • Gold Dust (1993) • Blue Moon Mountain (1994) • Plundering Paradise (1996) (US title: The Pirate's Son) • Forever X (1997) • The Stones Are Hatching (1999) • The Great Chase (2000) • Stop the Train! (2001) • The Kite Rider (2001) • Showstopper! (2003) • Smile! (2004) • Not the End of the World (2004) • The White Darkness (2005) • Cyrano (2006) • Peter Pan in Scarlet (2006) • Tamburlaine's Elephants (2007) • The Death-Defying Pepper Roux (2009) • Pull Out All The Stops! (2010) (US title: The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen) • Robin Hood & the Golden Arrow and a World of Other Stories (2011) • The Positively Last Performance (2013) • The Middle of Nowhere (2013) • Where the World Ends (2017) • The Supreme Lie (2021)