Geraldine McCaughrean

Geraldine McCaughrean is a prolific British children's author born on June 6, 1951, in North London, England, who has written over 170 books including the official sequel to Peter Pan, Peter Pan in Scarlet. She studied at Christ Church College in Canterbury, worked in publishing for a decade, and became a full-time writer in 1988, earning prestigious awards such as the Carnegie Medal twice, the Whitbread Children's Book Award three times, and others. Her works span picture books, novels, retellings of classics like The Odyssey and Moby Dick, and stories for all ages, published in numerous languages.

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