Sarah Crossan is an Irish author. She is best known for her books for young adults, including ''Apple and Rain'' and ''One'', for which she has won several awards.
Biography
Crossan graduated from
University of Warwick
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in 1999 with a degree in Philosophy and Literature and later obtained a master's degree in Creative Writing. She received an
Edward Albee Fellowship for writing in 2010.
[Sarah Crossan]
Sarah Crossan
, accessdate: 14 June 2016 Crossan trained as an English and drama teacher at the
University of Cambridge
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. In May 2018, she was appointed
Laureate na nÓg, or Irish Children's laureate by President
Michael D. Higgins.
Awards
*2013: shortlisted for
Carnegie Medal for ''The Weight of Water''
*2015: shortlisted for
Carnegie Medal for ''Apple and Rain''
*2016:
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The Bookseller
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YA Book Prize for ''
One
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**
Irish Children's Book of the Year for ''One''
**Carnegie Medal for ''One''
*2017:
Red House Children's Book Award
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for older readers for ''One''
*2020: Young Adult Jury Award of the
German Youth Literature Awards for the German edition of ''Moonrise''
*2024: Nominated for the Young Adult Jury Award of the
German Youth Literature Awards for the German edition of ''Toffee''
Novels
* ''The Weight of Water'' (2012)
* ''Breathe'' (2012)
* ''Resist'' (2013) – a sequel to ''Breathe''
* ''Apple and Rain'' (2014)
* ''
One
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'' (2015)
* ''We Come Apart'' (2017) co-authored with
Brian Conaghan
* ''Moonrise'' (2017)
*''Inséparable'' (2017)
*''Swimming Pool ''(2018)
*''Toffee'' (2019)
*''Here is the Beehive'' (2020)
* ''Where the Heart Should Be'' (March 2024)
* ''Hey Zoey'' (May/June 2024)
References
External links
Sarah Crossan at Fantastic Fiction*
21st-century Irish writers
Irish women writers
Irish writers of young adult literature
Carnegie Medal in Literature winners
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Alumni of the University of Warwick
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Laureates na nÓg
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