Janni Howker

Janni Howker is a British author who has written several award-winning adult and children's books; she has also adapted her work for the screen. Howker has worked across the UK running creative writing workshops for adults and children, and is involved in several arts development programmes.

She lives in the north of England, where many of her books are set: most notably "Martin Farrell", which tells the tale of a boy caught in the midst of the bloody feuds of the Border Reivers.

Awards

* International Reading Award
* Tom-Gallon Award
* Observer Teenage Fiction Award
* 1985 Whitbread Awards – Best children's book
* Somerset Maugham Award.

Bibliography

* "Badger On The Barge" (debut novel) – short-listed for both the Whitbread Children's Award and the Carnegie Medal.
* "Nature of the Beast"
* "Isaac Campion"
* "Martin Farrell"
* "Walk With a Wolf"
* "The Topiary Garden"

External links

* [http://www.walkerbooks.co.uk/Janni-Howker Short autobiography on Walker Books website]