CROSSING 23

Melvin Burgess is one of the most popular and controversial children’s authors writing today.  His recent books include ‘Doing It’, which follows the sexual experiences of three teenage boys and was adapted for American television. ‘An Angel for May, a time slip story that became a multi-award-winning film, ‘Junk’, which tackles the issue of drug addiction and was also filmed, ‘Lady: My Life As A Bitch’, which treats the sexual awakening of a teenage girl in fantastical terms, and the ambitious and unsettling ‘Bloodtide’, based on the first part of the Icelandic Volsunga Saga. Recently Melvin wrote ‘The Well’, a serial for BBC TV and Online. The film CROSSING 23, based on his novel ‘The Baby and Fly Pie’, is in preparation.

Prizes and Awards

Los Angeles Times Young Adult Book of the Year Award for Doing It, 2005

Lancashire County Library Children’s Book of the Year Award shortlisted for novelization of Billy Elliot, 2002

Lancashire County Library Children’s Book of the Year Award, joint winner for Bloodtide, 2001

Carnegie Medal shortlisted for The Ghost Behind the Wall, 2000

Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize for Junk, 1997

Carnegie Medal for Junk, 1996

Carnegie Medal shortlisted for The Baby and Fly Pie, 1993

Carnegie Medal shortlisted for An Angel for May, 1992

Carnegie Medal shortlisted for The Cry of the Wolf, 1990

Bibliography

• 1990 — The Cry of the Wolf — Andersen Press
• 1992 — An Angel for May – Andersen Press
• 1992 – Burning Issy – Andersen Press
• 1993 – The Baby and Fly Pie – Andersen Press
• 1995 – Loving April – Andersen Press
• 1995 – The Earth Giant – Andersen Press
• 1996 – Junk – Andersen Press
• 1996 – Tiger, Tiger – Andersen Press
• 1997 – Kite – Andersen Press
• 1998 – The Copper Treasure – A & C Black
• 1999 – Bloodtide – Andersen Press
• 1999 – Оld Bag – Barrington Stoke
• 1999 – Smack – Avon Books, Inc
• 2000 – The Birdman – Andersen Press
• 2000 – The Ghost Behind the Wall – Andersen Press
• 2001 – Billy Elliot (novelisation) – Chicken House
• 2001 – Lady: My Life as a Bitch – Andersen Press
• 2003 – Doing It – Andersen Press
• 2003 – Robbers on the Road – A & C Black
• 2005 – Bloodtide – Andersen Press
• 2006 – Sara’s Face – Andersen Press
• 2007 – Bloodsong – Penguin
• 2009 – Nicholas Dane
• 2011 – Kill All Enemies – Puffin