Mimi Thebo

Mimi Thebo is an American author who lives and works in the United Kingdom.[1] Her most recent and most successful books have been for children. Dreaming the Bear has been nominated for the 2017 Carnegie Medal[2] named as a 'future classic' by Booktrust[3] and long listed for the 2017 UKLA award.[4] Dreaming the Bear was published by Oxford University Press[5] in the UK in 2016 and would be later published by Wendy Lamb in the USA in 2017.

Previous books have included Wipe Out, which was Sunday Times Book of the Week[6] and was adapted for the BBC into a BAFTA Award-Winning film by Barabara Cox. Wipe Out was published in 2002 by HarperCollins, and has been recommended for children suffering from grief by the Marie Curie Trust.[7]

  1. ^ mimithebo.net
  2. ^ "The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards". carnegiegreenaway.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. ^ "School Library Pack". booktrust.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  4. ^ "UKLA Book Awards 2017 Longlists". ukla.org. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Oxford University Press: Education and Children's books".
  6. ^ "Children's book of the week - The Sunday Times". thesundaytimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Books about grief for teens". mariecurie.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2016.