Beverley Birch
Raised in East Africa, Beverley Birch has been in children’s publishing, on both sides of the fence, for many years. Author of novels, picture books, biographies, retellings of classic works, and collaborations with her husband, photographer Nick Birch, she has been nominated for the Carnegie medal, and shortlisted for several other awards, both in the UK and abroad.
As editor, Beverley has been three times shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award in recognition of the editor’s role in nurturing new talent. Since the late 1990s she’s commissioned older fiction for Hodder Children’s Books, working with outstanding and award-winning writers – among them Catherine Fisher, Rachel Anderson, Sarah Mussi, David Almond, Tanith Lee, Charlotte Haptie and H.L. Dennis.
2013 saw Beverley stepping down from her commissioning role to concentrate on her own writing and being a workshop leader at the Golden Egg Academy.
You can find Beverley on Twitter - @bevbirchauthor
As editor, Beverley has been three times shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award in recognition of the editor’s role in nurturing new talent. Since the late 1990s she’s commissioned older fiction for Hodder Children’s Books, working with outstanding and award-winning writers – among them Catherine Fisher, Rachel Anderson, Sarah Mussi, David Almond, Tanith Lee, Charlotte Haptie and H.L. Dennis.
2013 saw Beverley stepping down from her commissioning role to concentrate on her own writing and being a workshop leader at the Golden Egg Academy.
You can find Beverley on Twitter - @bevbirchauthor
A prolific writer, Beverley's books for children include Song Beneath the Tides, Rift, The Keeper of the Gate, Night of the Fire Lilies and Sea Hawk, Sea Moon, as well as two volumes of retellings of Shakespeare's Stories and several picture books.
Beverley is available to lead events and workshops in schools and at festivals on a range of topics, including introducing Shakespeare to primary children as part of Shakespeare Week.
Selected praise for Beverley Birch's older work:
"Rift is that delightful thing, a book which holds you from the first page."
Marcus Sedgwick, Guardian (Rift)
"A fragmented enigma … Stylised, sophisticated and richly atmospheric’
Daily Telegraph (Rift)
"An enjoyable, strongly written book with enough meat on the bones to provoke thought."
Susan Hill, Sunday Times (The Keeper of The Gate)
Beverley is available to lead events and workshops in schools and at festivals on a range of topics, including introducing Shakespeare to primary children as part of Shakespeare Week.
Selected praise for Beverley Birch's older work:
"Rift is that delightful thing, a book which holds you from the first page."
Marcus Sedgwick, Guardian (Rift)
"A fragmented enigma … Stylised, sophisticated and richly atmospheric’
Daily Telegraph (Rift)
"An enjoyable, strongly written book with enough meat on the bones to provoke thought."
Susan Hill, Sunday Times (The Keeper of The Gate)
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