Kevin Crossley-Holland | |
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 Crossley-Holland in 2012 | |
| Born | 7 February 1941 Mursley, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Occupation | Translator, poet, author |
| Alma mater | St Edmund Hall, Oxford |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Notable works | Arthur Trilogy |
| Website | |
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Kevin John William Crossley-Holland (born 7 February 1941) is an English translator, children's author and poet. His best known work is probably the Arthur trilogy (2000–2003),[1] for which he won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize[2] and other recognition.
Crossley-Holland won the annual Carnegie Medal for his 1985 novella Storm.[3] For the 70th anniversary of the Medal in 2007 it was named one of the top ten winning works.[4]
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