Author / Illustrator Profile
Hilary McKay
Hilary was born in
Boston, Lincolnshire and is the eldest of four girls. From a very early age
she read voraciously and grew up in a household of readers. Hilary says of
herself “as a child I anaesthetised myself against the big bad world with
large doses of literature. The local library was as familiar to me as my own
home”
One of the best things about being a writer says Hilary, is receiving letters from children.
Hilary lives in a small village in Derbyshire with her family. She has a degree from St Andrews University in Scotland, in Botany and Zoology, and loves walking, reading and having friends to stay. She particularly enjoys Wallace and Gromit!
Her first book, The Exiles, won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award, and her second, The Exiles at home won the Smarties Prize
Other books by Hilary McKay include -
The amber cat
Dog Friday
Dolphin luck
The exiles in love
Shortlisted Titles
1999
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Strange Bear
2002 - Saffy's Angel