Anne Cassidy

Anne Cassidy
Born1952 (age 71–72)
London, England
OccupationWriter
NationalityBritish
GenreCrime fiction
Notable awardsBooktrust Teenage Prize (2004)
Angus Book Award (2009)

Anne Cassidy (born 1952) is a British writer best known for her crime fiction for young adults.

She was born in London. She worked in a bank for five years and then worked for several years as a teacher. She began writing in 1989 and published her first book Big Girls' Shoes in 1991. Cassidy has been described as "Ruth Rendell for teenagers". Her own favourite crime fiction authors include Rendell, Ian Rankin, Lawrence Block and James Lee Burke. She has also written several books for younger readers.[1][2][3]

Her 2004 book Looking for JJ won the Booktrust Teenage Prize. It also appeared on the shortlists for the Whitbread Book Awards and the Carnegie Medal. The book was adapted into a play.[4][3]

  1. ^ "Anne Cassidy". Literature. British Council.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference hicks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Newbery, Linda; Coppard, Yvonne (2013). Writing Children's Fiction: A Writers' and Artists' Companion. p. 98. ISBN 978-1472535320.
  4. ^ "The 5 Minute Interview: Anne Cassidy, Author". Independent. November 6, 2007. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07.