Julie Bertagna

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Biography

Julie Bertagna writes for children and young adults. She was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, and studied English Language and Literature at Glasgow University. She then became editor of a small magazine, a teacher, and a freelance journalist, before becoming a full-time writer. She frequently works as a writer in schools.

Her books for children include The Ice Cream Machine (1998), which became a Channel 5 television programme, Bungee Hero (1999) and Dolphin Boy (1999). Her books for young adults include The Spark Gap (1996), and The Opposite of Chocolate (2003). Exodus (2002) is a story of a fight for survival in a world where the ice caps at the poles are melting and the land is drowning. It was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book Award, and won the ECO Prize for Creativity and the Lancashire County Library Children's Book of the Year Award. All of Julie's older novels have been nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Her latest book is Zenith (2007), a sequel to Exodus.

Julie Bertagna lives near Glasgow, Scotland.

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Genres (in alphabetical order)

Children, Young adult

Bibliography

The Spark Gap   Mammoth, 1996

The Ice Cream Machine   (illustrated by Guy Parker-Rees)   Mammoth, 1998

Bungee Hero   (illustrated by Martin Salisbury)   Barrington Stoke, 1999

Clumsy Clumps and the Baby Moon   (illustrated by Anthony Lewis)   Mammoth, 1999

Dolphin Boy   (illustrated by Chris Chapman)   Mammoth, 1999

Soundtrack   Mammoth, 1999

Exodus   Young Picador, 2002

The Opposite of Chocolate   Young Picador, 2003

The Ice Cream Machine Totally Fizzbombed   Macmillan, 2005

Zenith   Young Picador, 2007

Read about books by Julie Bertagna at encompassculture.com - the British Council's book database and global online book club

Buy books by Julie Bertagna at Amazon.co.uk

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Prizes and awards

1996   Angus Book Award   (shortlist)   The Spark Gap

1997   Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursary

1999   NASEN Special Educational Needs Book Award   Dolphin Boy

2000   Blue Peter Book Award   (shortlist)   Dolphin Boy

2000   Scottish Arts Council Children's Book of the Year Award   Soundtrack

2000   South Lanarkshire Book Award   (shortlist)   Soundtrack

2002   Portsmouth Book Award   (shortlist)   Exodus

2002   West Sussex Children's Book of the Year Award   (shortlist)   Exodus

2003   Lancashire County Library Children's Book of the Year Award   Exodus

2003   Scottish Arts Council Writer's Bursary

2003   Whitbread Children's Book Award   (shortlist)   Exodus

2003   Wirral Children's Book of the Year Award   (shortlist)   Exodus

2004   Angus Book Award   (shortlist)   Exodus

2004   Booktrust Teenage Prize   (shortlist)   The Opposite of Chocolate

2005   ECO Prize for Creativity   (highly commended)   Exodus

2005   Erskine Stewart's Melville Book Award   The Opposite of Chocolate

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Further reading on this site

New authors on site June 2007
Eight new authors were added to the database in June 2007. Click on the following names to read their bibliographical and biographical details: Julie Bertagna ; Sujata Bhatt ; Alan... more...   (07/08/2007)

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Contact information

Publisher (General enquiries) Pan Macmillan Ltd 20 New Wharf Road London  N1 9RR England Tel: +44 (0)20 7014 6000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7014 6001 http://www.panmacmillan.com		Agent David Higham Associates Ltd 5-8 Lower John Street Golden Square London  W1F 9HA England Tel: +44 (0)20 7434 5900 Fax: +44 (0)20 7437 1072 E-mail: dha@davidhigham.co.uk http://www.davidhigham.co.uk
Also published by Egmont Books 239 Kensington High Street London  W8 6SA England E-mail: info@egmont.co.uk

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Related links

http:/ / www.juliebertagna.com

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