Nina Bawden

1925 - 2012

country of citizenship: United Kingdom

native language: English

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Somerville College, Valentines High School, Norwich High School for Girls

occupation: writer, novelist, children's writer

award received: Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Phoenix Award, Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

position held: Booker Prize judge

Nina Mary Bawden CBE, FRSL, JP (19 January 1925 – 22 August 2012) was an English novelist and children's writer. She was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1987 and the Lost Man Booker Prize in 2010. She was a recipient of the Golden PEN Award. Source: Wikipedia (en)