Guardian Unlimited Books | By genre | Author of the month: Sharon Creech
Dina Rabinovitch's Guardian profile of Carnegie-winning Sharon Creech contains several trenchant comments..
"In the US, hotel staff would know that a medal-winner was staying, married alias or no. We may have Harry Potter, but Americans know how to make a proper fuss....
"While the Carnegie merited a brief news item last week on Radio 4's Today programme, winning the Newbery changed Creech's life...
"It is yet another of the graces of children's fiction in Britain, that when it is so very strong - and possibly too challenging for the tastes of judges requiring unanimity - an American who found her voice in a small British village has this year won the UK crown. "
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