Theresa Breslin is an award-winning Scottish author who is popular with children, librarians and teachers. Her first book, Simon's Challenge, won the Young Book Trust's Fidler Award for new writers and she was awarded the Carnegie Medal for Whispers in the Graveyard.
The Dream Master was shortlisted for the Children's Book Award and Remembrance, a story of youth in World War One, was shortlisted for the South Lanarkshire, the Sheffield, and the North-East Book Awards. Divided City won the North Lanarkshire Children's Book Award in 2006 and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. The Medici Seal was nominated for the 2007 Carnegie Medal.
The Dream Master was shortlisted for the Children's Book Award and Remembrance, a story of youth in World War One, was shortlisted for the South Lanarkshire, the Sheffield, and the North-East Book Awards. Divided City won the North Lanarkshire Children's Book Award in 2006 and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. The Medici Seal was nominated for the 2007 Carnegie Medal.
Awards: Carnegie (1995) see all
Genres: Young Adult Fiction, Children's Fiction, Literary Fiction
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Series
Novels
Simon's Challenge (1988)
Different Directions (1989)
A Time to Reap (1991)
Bullies at School (1993)
Whispers in the Graveyard (1994)
Alien Force (1995)
Death or Glory Boys (1996)
Blair the Winner (1997)
Across the Roman Wall (1997)
Name Games (1997)
Body Parts (1998)
Blair Makes a Splash! (1999)
Starship Rescue (1999)
Duncan of Carrick (2000)
New School Blues (2002)
Remembrance (2002)
Prisoner in Alcatraz (2004)
Saskia's Journey (2004)
The Divided City (2005)
Mutant (2005)
The Medici Seal (2006)
Alligator (2008)
The Nostradamus Prophecy (2008)
Prisoner of the Inquisition (2010)
Spy for the Queen of Scots (2012)
The Traveller (2013)
Ghost Soldier (2014)
Caged (2016)
The Rasputin Dagger (2017)
Different Directions (1989)
A Time to Reap (1991)
Bullies at School (1993)
Whispers in the Graveyard (1994)
Alien Force (1995)
Death or Glory Boys (1996)
Blair the Winner (1997)
Across the Roman Wall (1997)
Name Games (1997)
Body Parts (1998)
Blair Makes a Splash! (1999)
Starship Rescue (1999)
Duncan of Carrick (2000)
New School Blues (2002)
Remembrance (2002)
Prisoner in Alcatraz (2004)
Saskia's Journey (2004)
The Divided City (2005)
Mutant (2005)
The Medici Seal (2006)
Alligator (2008)
The Nostradamus Prophecy (2008)
Prisoner of the Inquisition (2010)
Spy for the Queen of Scots (2012)
The Traveller (2013)
Ghost Soldier (2014)
Caged (2016)
The Rasputin Dagger (2017)
Collections
Best of Friends (1997) (with others)
Through Sand, Snow and Steam (2004) (with others)
Free? (2009) (with others)
Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales (2012)
An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Mythical Creatures (2015)
An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Castle Legends (2019)
Illustrated Legends of Scotland's Kings and Queens (2022)
An Illustrated Treasury of Dragon Tales (2024)
Through Sand, Snow and Steam (2004) (with others)
Free? (2009) (with others)
Scottish Folk & Fairy Tales (2012)
An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Mythical Creatures (2015)
An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Castle Legends (2019)
Illustrated Legends of Scotland's Kings and Queens (2022)
An Illustrated Treasury of Dragon Tales (2024)
Anthologies edited
Plays show
Picture Books show
Books containing stories by Theresa Breslin
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