About Lesley Howarth
Born 1952. Lesley Howarth is a British writer and children's writer.
Lesley Howarth (born 29 December 1952) is a British author of children's and young adult fiction. For the novel Maphead, published by Walker Books in 1994, she won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime book award judged by a panel of British children's writers,
Biography Howarth was born 29 December 1952 in Bournemouth, England.
In January 2000, The Guardian named Mister Spaceman the children's book of the week. +Awards for Howarth's writing Year Title Award Result Ref. 1993 Whitbread Children's Book Award Shortlist 1995 Weather Eye Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (ages 9–11) Winner 1995 MapHead W. H. Smith Mind Boggling Books Award Shortlist
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British children's writer
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Lesley Howarth was born on 29 December 1952.
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