Add to researchRachel Anderson
Jane Harper
- Born
- London
- Genre
- Children,
- Biography
Rachel Anderson was born in 1943 and worked for 20 years for BBC Radio, newspapers and magazines as a journalist.
She was Children's Book Reviews Editor at Good Housekeeping magazine for 10 years, and in 1990 won the Medical Journalists Award. Several of her short stories have been published in anthologies.
Her first published book was for adults - Pineapple, in 1965, and she wrote three other adult books: The Purple Heart Throbs, the sub-literature of love (1974); Dream Lovers (1978); and For the Love of Sang (1990).
Since then she has written solely for children and young adults. Her typical themes include war, asylum seekers, abandonment and bereavement, and she also writes books for and about people living with learning disabilities. The latter include Joe's Story (2001); and Big Ben (1998), the story of Matthew, whose older brother Ben has Down's Syndrome and is leaving home to go to residential college.
Her other books for children include two trilogies: The 'Little Angel' Trilogy (1984-1991); and The 'Moving Times' Trilogy (1999-2000). Her books for older readers include: This Strange New Life (2006), which explores the effects of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome on a family; and Red Moon (2006). Her picture books for younger readers include translations of French tales, and Hello Peanut! (2003).
Rachel Anderson is a member of PEN and lives with her family in Norfolk.
Bibliography
- 2006
- This Strange New Life, Oxford University Press
- 2006
- Red Moon, Hodder Children's Books
- 2004
- Pizza on Saturday, Hodder Children's Books
- 2004
- Hugo and the Long Red Arm, illustrated by Scoular Anderson, A. & C. Black
- 2003
- The Rattletrap Trip, Oxford University Press
- 2003
- Hello Peanut!, illustrated by Debbie Harter, Hodder Children's Books
- 2001
- The Flight of the Emu, Hodder Children's Books
- 2001
- Joe's Story, illustrated by Nick Ward, Barrington Stoke
- 2000
- Warlands, Oxford University Press
- 2000
- Stronger than Mountains, Hodder Children's Books
- 1999
- Grandmother's Footsteps, Hodder Children's Books
- 1999
- Bloom of Youth, Hodder Children's Books
- 1998
- The Scavenger's Tale, Oxford University Press
- 1998
- Big Ben, Mammoth
- 1997
- Ollie and the Trainers, illustrated by Ken Cox, Heinemann
- 1997
- Carly's Luck, illustrated by Harmen Van Straaten, Mammoth
- 1997
- Blackthorn, Whitethorn, Hodder Children's Books
- 1996
- Letters from Heaven, illustrated by Tony Kerins, Mammoth
- 1996
- Julie and the Queen of Tonga, illustrated by Elsie Lennox, A. & C. Black
- 1995
- The Doll's House, Oxford University Press
- 1994
- Princess Jazz and the Angels, Heinemann
- 1994
- Black Water, Oxford University Press
- 1993
- The Working Class, Oxford University Press
- 1993
- Jessy and the Long-short Dress, with Shelagh McNicholas, A. & C. Black
- 1992
- When Mum Went to Work, later republished as Treasures for Cousin Crystal (Lions, 1993), Oxford University Press
- 1991
- Paper Faces, Oxford University Press
- 1991
- Little Fox Lost/Louis Espinassous and Claudine Routiaux, translator, Oxford University Press
- 1991
- Happy Christmas Little Angel, Oxford University Press
- 1991
- Best Friends, A. & C. Black
- 1990
- For the Love of Sang, Lion
- 1989
- The Cat's Tale, translator, Oxford University Press
- 1989
- The Bus People, Oxford University Press
- 1988
- Tough as Old Boots, Heinemann
- 1988
- Little Angel, Bonjour, illustrated by Linda Burch, Oxford University Press
- 1988
- Jessy Runs Away, with Shelagh McNicholas, A. & C. Black
- 1988
- French Lessons, Oxford University Press
- 1987
- Wild Goose Chase/Rick de Haas, translator, Oxford University Press
- 1986
- Renard the Fox, translator with David Bradby; illustrated by Bob Dewar, Oxford University Press
- 1985
- Tim Walks, illustrated by Trevor Stubley, COI
- 1984
- The War Orphan, Oxford University Press
- 1984
- Little Angel Comes to Stay, illustrated by Linda Burch, Oxford University Press
- 1982
- The Poacher's Son, Oxford University Press
- 1978
- Moffatt's Road, illustrated by Pat Marriott, Cape
- 1978
- Dream Lovers, Hodder & Stoughton
- 1974
- The Purple Heart Throbs, the sub-literature of love, Hodder & Stoughton
- 1965
- Pineapple, Cape
Awards
- 1992
- Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, Paper Faces
- 1990
- Medical Journalists Award
