Tanya Landman is an English author of children's and young adult books. She is the niece of the actor Robert Shaw.[1]
Tanya Landman | |
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 Tanya in 2024 | |
| Born | Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | University of Liverpool |
| Notable awards | |
| Spouse | Rod Burnett |
| Relatives | Robert Shaw (uncle) Ian Shaw (cousin) |
| Website | |
| tanyalandman | |
Early life and education
editTanya continued on to study English literature at Liverpool University, after which she held jobs at a zoo, an arts center, and a children's bookshop. She worked at Storybox Theatre as a performer, administrator, and writer.[2] She has been a member of Storybox Theatre since 1992, serving in various capacities such as writer, administrator, and performer.[3]
Career
editTanya was a fan of Penelope Lively's novels in which the past seeps into the present, most hauntingly in Astercote and The House in Norham Gardens but to great humorous effect in The Ghost of Thomas Kempe.[4]
Before the inspiration for Waking Merlin struck, Tanya had no intention of becoming a writer. "Adventure stories with a sprinkle of magic and spoonful of humour" characterised her early works. However, Tanya then changed her focus to crime, penning Mondays are Murder, the first of 10 "Agatha-Christies-for-kids." She writes for a wide age range of readers, but her young adult historical thrillers are arguably her most well-known works.[5]
North Devon's striking coastline served as inspiration for both the historical thriller Hell and High Water and her Flotsam & Jetsam trilogy.[5]
Personal life
editTanya grew up in Gravesend, Kent after being born there.[2] Up until she was approximately fourteen, people thought she was a boy (maybe because of her short hair and persistently rough knees).[6] With her husband, Rod Burnett, two boys, Isaac and Jack, a Siamese cat, and two Labradors, she currently resides in North Devon.[5][2] She leaves at regular times to visit schools around the nation and around the world.[6]
Awards
editTanya won the 2015 CILIP Carnegie Medal for her novel Buffalo Soldier.[7] She also won a Western Writers of America 2009 Spur Award for her novel I Am Apache.[8]
Her work has also been shortlisted for numerous other awards: the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize for Apache; the 2010 Bolton Children's Book Award and 2010 Red House Children's Book Award for Mondays are Murder; and the 2008 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for The Goldsmith's Daughter.
References
edit- ^ Landman, Tanya (30 June 2015). "Paperback writer: Discovering the secrets of the real wild west". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ a b c "Tanya Landman". ReadingZone. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "Walker Books - Tanya Landman". www.walker.co.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ Landman, Tanya (6 May 2016). "Tanya Landman: why I write historical fiction". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ a b c "About". Tanya Landman. 16 June 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Tanya Landman". Fraser Ross Associates. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- ^ "Carnegie Winners Archive: Buffalo Soldier". The CILIP & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ "Spur Award Winners". Western Writers of America. Archived from the original on 19 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
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