Billy elliot
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Biography
Writer of acclaimed and often controversial children's fiction, Melvin Burgess was born on 25 April 1954 in Twickenham, Middlesex. He grew up inIlfield, near Crawley in Sussex, and moved to Reading, Berkshire at the age of twelve. After leaving school with two A-Levels in Biology and English, he enrolledon a six-month journalism course. He moved to Bristol at the age of 21, and began writing, between periods of work and unemployment. He continued writing afterhe moved to London in 1983, experimenting with short stories, radio plays and children's fiction. His first published book, The Cry of the Wolf (1990), wasshortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
It was for his controversial teenage novel, Junk (1996) that he gained wider recognition. Winner of the Carnegie Medal andthe Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, it is an honest and disturbing account of teenage homelessness and heroin addiction on the streets of Bristol, and hasbeen adapted for television. In 2007, it was shortlisted for the Carnegie of Carnegies. Bloodtide (1999) was joint winner of the Lancashire County LibraryChildren's Book of the Year Award. His comedy Lady: My Life as a Bitch (2001), also received a great deal of publicity for its frank exploration of the sexual behaviourof a teenage girl. Also in 2001, his novelisation of the film Billy Elliot was published, based on Lee Hall's screenplay.
His controversial teenage novel,Doing It, was published in 2003, and Sara's Face in 2006. His latest book, Nicholas Dane (2009), is the story of a teenager living in a corrupt 1980s Care Home.
Writer of acclaimed and often controversial children's fiction, Melvin Burgess was born on 25 April 1954 in Twickenham, Middlesex. He grew up inIlfield, near Crawley in Sussex, and moved to Reading, Berkshire at the age of twelve. After leaving school with two A-Levels in Biology and English, he enrolledon a six-month journalism course. He moved to Bristol at the age of 21, and began writing, between periods of work and unemployment. He continued writing afterhe moved to London in 1983, experimenting with short stories, radio plays and children's fiction. His first published book, The Cry of the Wolf (1990), wasshortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
It was for his controversial teenage novel, Junk (1996) that he gained wider recognition. Winner of the Carnegie Medal andthe Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, it is an honest and disturbing account of teenage homelessness and heroin addiction on the streets of Bristol, and hasbeen adapted for television. In 2007, it was shortlisted for the Carnegie of Carnegies. Bloodtide (1999) was joint winner of the Lancashire County LibraryChildren's Book of the Year Award. His comedy Lady: My Life as a Bitch (2001), also received a great deal of publicity for its frank exploration of the sexual behaviourof a teenage girl. Also in 2001, his novelisation of the film Billy Elliot was published, based on Lee Hall's screenplay.
His controversial teenage novel,Doing It, was published in 2003, and Sara's Face in 2006. His latest book, Nicholas Dane (2009), is the story of a teenager living in a corrupt 1980s Care Home.
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