Rachel Anderson

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Rachel Anderson
Born1943 (age 80–81)
Hampton Court, Surrey, England
Occupation(s)Author and journalist
Known forChildren's books
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(m. 1965; died 2011)​
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Parent(s)Verily Anderson and Captain Donald Clive Anderson
RelativesJanie Hampton (sister)
AwardsGuardian Children's Fiction Prize, 1991
Websiterachelanderson.co.uk

Rachel Anderson (born 1943) is an English journalist and author best known for her children's books. Her work often features the positive portrayal of characters with learning disabilities, and themes of social injustice and alienation.[1] She was married for 45 years to the writer and translator David Bradby.[2][3] Her mother was the writer Verily Anderson.

For the novel Paper Faces, published by OUP in 1991, Anderson won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers.[4]

  1. ^ "Rachel Anderson". The Viney Agency. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
  2. ^ Biography at Rachel Anderson official website. Archived 18 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Dan Rebellato, "David Bradby obituary", The Guardian, 2 March 2011.
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