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BiographyJamila Gavin was born in Mussoorie, India. She moved to England when she was 12 years old, and later studied music at Trinity College of Music, London. She then worked for the BBC, first in radio, then in television, as Production Assistant and Director of Music and Arts programmes.
She published her first book, The Orange Tree and Other Stories (later republished as The Magic Orange Tree), in 1979, and has since written many short story collections, teenage novels and books for children aged six to sixteen years. In 1992 her novel for teenage readers, The Wheel of Surya, was published, and was followed by two other books in the series: The Eye of the Horse (1994); and The Track of the Wind (1997). The trilogy reflects her background in India up to and after Independence. All three books were shortlisted or runners up in the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award.
One of her books, Grandpa Chatterji (1993), was dramatized for Channel 4 Schools Television, and The Monkey in the Stars (1998) was dramatized for Polka Theatre who performed it in 2000. Jamila Gavin’s radio play, The God at the Gate, was broadcast on Radio 4 in 2001, and was shortlisted for the Richard Imison Memorial Award. In 2000, Coram Boy (2000), set in 18th-century England, won the Whitbread Children’s Book Award, and has been adapted for the stage. This was followed by The Blood Stone (2003), set in 17th-century India and Venice, in which a boy has to find a way to free his father, who is a hostage in Afghanistan.
Jamila Gavin lives in Gloucestershire. Her latest children's novel is The Robber Baron's Daughter (2008).
Genres (in alphabetical order)Children
BibliographyThe Orange Tree and other stories (illustrated by Ossie Murray; republished as 'The Magic Orange Tree and other stories',1987) Methuen Children's Books, 1979 Double Dare and other stories (illustrated by Simon Willby) Methuen Children's Books, 1982 Kamla and Kate Methuen Children's Books, 1983 Digital Dan (illustrated by Patrice Aitken) Methuen Children's Books, 1984 Ali and the Robots (illustrated by Sally Williams) Methuen Children's Books, 1986 Stories from the Hindu World (illustrated by Joanna Troughton) MacDonald, 1986 Hideaway (illustrated by Jane Bottomley) Methuen Children's Books, 1987 Three Indian Princesses (contents: 'Princess Savitri'; 'Princess Damayanti'; 'Princess Sita') Methuen Children's Books, 1987 The Singing Bowls Methuen Children's Books, 1989 I Want to be an Angel Methuen Children's Books, 1990 Kamla and Kate Again Methuen Children's Books, 1991 The Wheel of Surya Methuen Children's Books, 1992 Grandpa Chatterji (illustrated by Mei-Yim Low) Methuen Children's Books, 1993 The Girl Who Rode on a Lion (illustrated by Katinka Kew) Ginn, 1993 Deadly Friend (illustrated by Pat Ludlow) Heinemann, 1994 The Eye of the Horse Methuen Children's Books, 1994 Grandpa's Indian Summer (illustrated by Mei-Yim Low) Methuen Children's Books, 1995 The Temple by the Sea Ginn, 1995 Fine Feathered Friend (illustrated by Carole Walters) Heinemann, 1996 Grandma's Surprise (illustrated by Rhian Nest James) Heinemann, 1996 Presents (illustrated by Rhian Nest James) Heinemann, 1996 Storyworlds (illustrated by Rhian Nest James; contents 'Grandma's Surprise; 'The Mango Tree'; 'Presents'; 'Who Did It?') Heinemann, 1996 The Lake of Stars (illustrated by Diana Mayo) Heinemann, 1996 The Mango Tree (illustrated by Rhian Nest James) Heinemann, 1996 The Wormholers Mammoth, 1996 Who Did It? (illustrated by Rhian Nest James) Heinemann, 1996 Our Favourite Stories (illustrated by Amanda Hall; photography by Barnabas Kindersley) Dorling Kindersley, 1997 Out of India: an Anglo-Indian childhood Pavilion, 1997 The Track of the Wind Mammoth, 1997 Forbidden Memories (illustrated by Mark Robertson) Mammoth, 1998 Someone's Watching, Someone's Waiting (illustrated by Anthony Lewis) Mammoth, 1998 Star Child on Clark Street (illustrated by Derek Brazell) Cambridge University Press, 1998 The Monkey in the Stars (illustrated by Anthony Lewis) Mammoth, 1998 Coram Boy Mammoth, 2000 Three Indian Goddesses (contents: 'The Temple by the Sea'; 'Monkey in the Stars'; 'The Girl Who Rode on a Lion') Egmont, 2001 Danger by Moonlight Egmont, 2002 From Out of the Shadows Egmont, 2002 The Bow of Shiva: the story of Rama and Sita HarperCollins, 2002 The Blood Stone Egmont, 2003 Grandpa Chatterji's Third Eye Egmont, 2006 Out of India: Walking On My Hands Hodder Children's Books, 2007 Alien Adventures (contributor) Egmont, 2008 The Robber Baron's Daughter Egmont, 2008 Alexander the Greatest (illustrated by Sumito Sakakibara) Walker, 2009
Prizes and awards1992 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (special runner-up) The Wheel of Surya 1993 Children's Book Award The Wheel of Surya 1993 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize (shortlist) Grandpa Chatterji 1994 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) The Eye of the Horse 1997 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (shortlist) The Track of the Wind 2000 Whitbread Children's Book Award Coram Boy 2001 Richard Imison Memorial Award (radio play) The God at the Gate
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