Kevin Crossley-Holland

Kevin Crossley-Holland
Crossley-Holland in 2012
Crossley-Holland in 2012
Born (1941-02-07) 7 February 1941 (age 83)
Mursley, Buckinghamshire, England
OccupationTranslator, poet, author
Alma materSt Edmund Hall, Oxford
GenreFiction
Notable worksArthur Trilogy
Website
kevincrossley-holland.com

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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