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Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
The Guardian Children's Fiction Prize or Guardian Award is a literary award that annually recognises one fiction book written for children or young adults (at least age eight) and published in the United Kingdom. It is conferred upon the author of the book by "The Guardian" newspaper, which established it in 1965 and inaugurated it in 1967. It is a lifetime award in that previous winners are not eligible. At least since 2000 the prize is £1,500.
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Awards and honours.
On 15 July 2014, she was announced as a finalist for the Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature.
She became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2015.
Short listed for Richard Imison Memorial Award in 2001 
2000, Winner of Whitbread Children's Book Award (Costa Book Awards,) 
1997, Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, Shortlist 
1994, Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, Shortlist 
1992, Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, Shortlist