About Melvin Burgess
Melvin Burgess began to train as a journalist and has had jobs as diverse as bricklaying and silk-screen printing. An Enterprise Allowance Scheme gave him the chance to develop his writing, and his children's books are now highly regarded. Melvin won the 1997 Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal for his powerful novel, JUNK. He lives in Manchester.
Novels
The Cry of the Wolf (1989)
Burning Issy (1992)
An Angel for May (1992)
The Baby and Fly Pie (1993)
Loving April (1995)
The Earth Giant (1995)
Tiger, Tiger (1996)
Junk (1996)
aka Smack
Kite (1997)
Old Bag (1999)
Billy Elliot (2000)
The Ghost Behind the Wall (2000)
Lady: My Life As a Bitch (2001)
Doing It (2003)
Sarah's Face (2006)
Nicholas Dane (2009)
Burning Issy (1992)
An Angel for May (1992)
The Baby and Fly Pie (1993)
Loving April (1995)
The Earth Giant (1995)
Tiger, Tiger (1996)
Junk (1996)
aka Smack
Kite (1997)
Old Bag (1999)
Billy Elliot (2000)
The Ghost Behind the Wall (2000)
Lady: My Life As a Bitch (2001)
Doing It (2003)
Sarah's Face (2006)
Nicholas Dane (2009)
Collections
Shining on: A Collection of Stories in Aid of the Teen Cancer Trust (2006) (with Malorie Blackman, Meg Cabot, Anne Fine, Cathy Hopkins, Sue Limb, Celia Rees, Meg Rosoff, Rosie Rushton and Jacqueline Wilson)
Chapbooks
Links to other websites
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Melvin Burgess recommends
 The Other Side of Dawn (2002) (Tomorrow, book 7) John Marsden "I'm a huge John Marsden fan. There's no finer writer for older teenagers alive today." |  Boy Kills Man (2004) Matt Whyman "Bold, chilling and beautifully written." |  Exchange (2006) Paul Magrs "I loved every page of it." |
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