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Geraldine McCaughrean (Geraldine Jones) was born on 6 June, 1951 in London, England, is a British children's novelist (born 1951). Discover Geraldine McCaughrean's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?
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Geraldine Jones |
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Author of children's books |
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72 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Gemini |
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6 June, 1951 |
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6 June |
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London, England |
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London, England
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Who Is Geraldine McCaughrean's Husband?
Her husband is John McCaughrean
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John McCaughrean |
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Geraldine McCaughrean Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Geraldine McCaughrean worth at the age of 72 years old? Geraldine McCaughrean’s income source is mostly from being a successful Author. She is from London, England. We have estimated Geraldine McCaughrean's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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J. M. Barrie gave all rights to Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1929, and in 2004, to coincide with Peter Pan's centenary, the hospital launched a competition to find the author of a sequel.
McCaughrean won the competition, after submitting a synopsis and a sample chapter.
Geraldine McCaughrean (born 6 June 1951) is a British children's novelist.
McCaughrean was born 6 June 1951 in London to Leslie Arthur and Ethel Jones.
The youngest of three children, she grew up in North London.McCaughrean attended Southgate Technical College from 1969 to 1970, then received a Bachelor of Education with honors from Christ Church College, Canterbury in 1977.
She is married to John McCaughrean, with whom she has a daughter: Ailsa.
McCaughrean studied teaching but found her true vocation in writing.
She claims that what makes her love writing is the desire to escape from an unsatisfactory world.
Her motto is: do not write about what you know, write about what you want to know.
Her work includes many retellings of classic stories for children: The Odyssey, El Cid, The Canterbury Tales, The Pilgrim's Progress, Moby Dick, One Thousand and One Arabian Nights and Gilgamesh.
She has also written six historical novels for adults including: The Maypole (1990), Fire's Astonishment (1991), Lovesong (1996) and The Ideal Wife (1997).
In 2002, The Horn Book Magazine included The Kite Rider on their list of the best children's fiction of the year.
She has written more than 170 books, including Peter Pan in Scarlet (2004), the official sequel to Peter Pan commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital, the holder of Peter Pan's copyright.
Her work has been translated into 44 languages worldwide.
She has received the Carnegie Medal twice and the Michael L. Printz Award among others.
For her lifetime contribution as a children's writer, McCaughrean was the British nominee in 2004 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition available to creators of children's books.
Four of McCaughrean's books are Junior Library Guild selections: Not the End of the World (2005), The White Darkness (2007), The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen (2011), and Where the World Ends (2020).
Peter Pan in Scarlet was released internationally on 5 October 2006, published in the UK by Oxford University Press and in the US by Simon & Schuster.
McCaughrean has written many other children's fiction books including The Kite Rider, The Stones Are Hatching, and Plundering Paradise.
She was elected an Honorary Fellow of Canterbury Christ Church University in 2006 and a Fellow of the English Association in 2010.
She has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature since 2010.
As of 2013, she has launched an online novel based on the Hylas and Hercules myth, A Thousand Kinds of Ugly.
In 2020, Booklist included Where the World Ends on their "Top 10 Historical Fiction for Youth" list.