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Jan Mark

UK  (1943 - 2006)
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About Jan Mark
Jan Mark was a British author, best known as a writer for children. She was christened Janet Marjorie Brisland in Welwyn Garden City in 1943 and was raised and educated in Kent. She was a secondary school teacher between 1965 and 1971, and became a full-time writer in 1974. She wrote over fifty novels and plays and many anthologized short stories. She was divorced, and is survived by her daughter Isobel. Her son Alex took his own life 8 months after her death. She won the Carnegie Medal for "Thunder and Lightnings" (1976) and for "Handles" (1983).
 
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Novels
Thunder and LightningsUnder the Autumn GardenThe EnneadDivide and Rule
The Short Voyage of the 'Albert Ross'Hairs in the Palm of the HandThe Dead Letter BoxAquarius
HandlesTrouble HalfwayDream HouseThe Twig Thing
Man in MotionFinders, LosersIn Black and WhiteThe Hillingdon Fox
The Mermaid of BanffThe Snow MazeAll the Kings and QueensSilly Tails
They Do Things Differently ThereTaking the Cat's Way HomeHarriet's TurnUnder the Red Elephant: Colour Jets
A Fine Summer KnightThe Coconut QuinsThe SightingGod's Story
My Frog and IThe Eclipse of the CenturyLady Long-legsMr. Dickens Hits Town
The Lady with Iron BonesHeathrow NightsEyes Wide OpenSomething in the Air
Stratford BoysUseful IdiotsRiding TychoThe Electric Telepath
Robin Hood All at SeaTurbulenceVoyagerKing John and the Abbot
Road Closed
 
Collections
Nothing to Be Afraid ofFeet and Other StoriesDo You Read Me?Too Old to Rock and Roll
Simply the BestA Jetblack Sunrise
 
Picture Books
FurStrat and ChattoThis Bowl of EarthFun With Mrs. Thumb
HaddockA Worm's Eye ViewThe Tale of TobiasWorry Guts
The Midas TouchSort It Out!King Herla's RideRats
ShipwrecksAeroplanes
 
Series contributed to
Long Lost
 
Anthologies edited
School Stories
 
Non fiction
The Museum Book: A Guide to Strange and Wonderful Collections
 
Anthologies containing stories by Jan Mark
Horror StoriesPhenomenal Future Stories
 
Short stories
Nule (1977)
Kieselguhr's Syndrome (1999)


Awards
Carnegie Medal Best Novel winner (1977) : Thunder and Lightnings
Carnegie Medal Best Novel winner (1984) : Handles



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