William Mayne
1928
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2010
country of citizenship: United Kingdom
languages spoken, written or signed: English
occupation: writer, novelist, author, children's writer
award received: Carnegie Medal, Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
William James Carter Mayne (16 March 1928 – 24 March 2010) was an English writer of children's fiction. The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature calls him one of the outstanding children's authors of the 20th century and The Times Literary Supplement reportedly called him "the most original good writer for young people in our time". In 2004, he was convicted of sexual abuse. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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