Catherine JohnsonFRSL (born 1962) is a British author and screenwriter. She has written several young adult novels and co-wrote the screenplay for the 2004 drama film Bullet Boy (directed by and co-written with Saul Dibb).[1]
Catherine Johnson was born in London, England, in 1962. Her father was Jamaican and her mother was Welsh. Johnson grew up in North London and attended Tetherdown Primary School. Later she studied film at St Martin's School of Art, before turning to writing.[2][3]
Her first book, The Last Welsh Summer, was published by Welsh publisher Pont Books in 1993. She has since written and published 20 novels, including two for children about pioneering Arctic explorer Matthew Henson.[4] In 1999 her book Landlocked was honoured as an International Youth Library White Raven book.[5] Other accolades include the 2014 Young Quills Award for best historical fiction for over-12s for her 2013 book Sawbones, which was also shortlisted for the Rotherham Book Award, the Salford Children's Book Prize and the Hoo Kids Book Award.[6] Johnson won the 2019 Little Rebels Award for Radical Children's Fiction for her 2018 book Freedom.[7][8]
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See also Catherine Johnson Catherine Johnson FRSL born 1962 is a British author and screenwriter She has written several young adult novels and co wrote the screenplay for the 2004 drama film Bullet Boy directed by and co written with Saul Dibb 1 Catherine JohnsonFRSLBornSylvia Hope Ruxton1962 age 61 62 London EnglandOccupationNovelist and screenwriterEducationSt Martin s School of ArtWebsitewww wbr catherinejohnson wbr co wbr uk Contents 1 Background and career 2 Bibliography 3 Awards 4 References 5 External linksBackground and career editCatherine Johnson was born in London England in 1962 Her father was Jamaican and her mother was Welsh Johnson grew up in North London and attended Tetherdown Primary School Later she studied film at St Martin s School of Art before turning to writing 2 3 Her first book The Last Welsh Summer was published by Welsh publisher Pont Books in 1993 She has since written and published 20 novels including two for children about pioneering Arctic explorer Matthew Henson 4 In 1999 her book Landlocked was honoured as an International Youth Library White Raven book 5 Other accolades include the 2014 Young Quills Award for best historical fiction for over 12s for her 2013 book Sawbones which was also shortlisted for the Rotherham Book Award the Salford Children s Book Prize and the Hoo Kids Book Award 6 Johnson won the 2019 Little Rebels Award for Radical Children s Fiction for her 2018 book Freedom 7 8 Johnson has been a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the London Institute a Writer in Residence at Holloway Prison and a Reader in Residence at the Royal Festival Hall s Imagine Children s Literature Festival 2 She has served as a judge for the Jhalak Prize first awarded in 2017 9 10 In 2019 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature 11 12 13 Johnson is a contributor to the 2019 anthology New Daughters of Africa edited by Margaret Busby 14 15 Bibliography editThe Last Welsh Summer Llandysul Pont 1993 Sophie s Ghost Llandysul Pont 1994 Other Colours London Livewire 1997 Landlocked Llandysul Pont 1999 In Black and White Oxford Oxford University Press 2000 Hero Oxford Oxford University Press 2001 Stella Oxford Oxford University Press 2002 Face Value Oxford Oxford University Press 2005 Cuts Deep London Evans 2007 The Dying Game Oxford Oxford University Press 2007 A Nest of Vipers London Corgi 2008 Arctic Hero Edinburgh Barrington Stoke 2008 Con Men Edinburgh Barrington Stoke 2009 The Munro Inheritance London Corgi 2009 Nightmare Card Edinburgh Barrington Stoke 2011 Brave New Girl London Frances Lincoln Children s Books 2011 Sawbones London Walker Books Ltd 2013 The Curious Tale of the Lady Caraboo London Corgi Books 2015 Blade and Bone London Walker Books 2016 Freedom Scholastic 2018 Riding the Tempest 2018 Race to the Frozen North The Matthew Henson Story 2018 To Liberty The Adventures of Thomas Alexandre Dumas London Bloomsbury Publishing 2020Awards edit1999 IBBY White Raven Award Landlocked 1999 Wales Book of the Year Award shortlist Landlocked 2002 Hampshire Book Award shortlist Stella 2008 Leeds Book of the Year Award shortlist A Nest of Vipers 2008 Phoenix Book Award shortlist A Nest of Vipers 2009 Birmingham KS3 Chills Award shortlist Arctic Hero 2014 Young Quills Award for best historical fiction for over 12s Sawbones 2019 Little Rebels Award for Radical Children s Fiction FreedomReferences edit Bullet Boy Making Of Archived from the original on 7 October 2009 Retrieved 20 February 2010 a b Catherine Johnson The British Council Retrieved 20 February 2010 Catherine Johnson About Catherine Archived from the original on 5 May 2010 Retrieved 20 February 2010 Great Lives Matthew Henson Arctic explorer and pioneer BBC Radio 4 April 2023 Retrieved 20 April 2023 White Ravens International Children s Digital Library Retrieved 20 February 2010 Books Catherine Johnson website Catherine Johnson is the 2019 Little Rebels Award Winner The Little Rebels Children s Book Award 10 July 2019 Katie Mansfield Johnson triumphs at Little Rebels Award for Radical Fiction The Bookseller 10 July 2019 Farhana Shaikh The Jhalak Prize longlist The Asian Writer 12 January 2017 Our Judges Jhalak Prize 2022 Myriad authors awarded at the Royal Society of Literature summer party Myriad Editions RSL Elects 45 new Fellows and Honorary Fellows Archived 28 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine The Royal Society of Literature 25 June 2019 Catherine Johnson The Royal Society of Literature Kevin Le Gendre Daughters Of Africa Echoes Magazine March 2019 Catherine Johnson at Curtis Brown nbsp Children and Young Adult Literature portalExternal links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Catherine Johnson novelist amp oldid 1188295287, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
