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Geraldine McCaughrean
Author · 79 books

Geraldine McCaughrean was born in 1951 and brought up in North London. She studied at Christ Church College of Education, Canterbury and worked in a London publishing house for 10 years before becoming a full-time writer in 1988. She has written over 120 books, 50 short plays for schools, and a radio play. Her adult novels include Fires’ Astonishment (1990) and The Ideal Wife (1997), but she is best-known for her children’s books. She writes for children of all ages, from first readers, picture books, and younger children’s books, to children’s novels, which include A Little Lower than the Angels (1987), Gold Dust (1993) and Not the End of the World (2004), each of which have won the Whitbread Children’s Book Award, making her the only writer to have won this award three times. Geraldine McCaughrean has also written several collections of stories, including bible stories and fairy tales. She specialises in the retelling of classic tales such as The Canterbury Tales (1984), The Odyssey (1993), Moby Dick (1996) and El Cid (1989) and of myths and legends from around the world. These books include The Orchard Book of Greek Myths (1992) and The Orchard Book of Roman Myths (1999). Geraldine McCaughrean lives in Berkshire. Her book, Not the End of the World, is currently being adapted for the stage. White Darkness (2005), was shortlisted for the 2005 Whitbread Children's Book Award. In 2005, she was chosen to write the official sequel to J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. Peter Pan in Scarlet was published in 2006.

Series

Books

Gilgamesh the Hero book cover

Gilgamesh the Hero

2002

Persephone and the Pomegranate Seeds book cover

Persephone and the Pomegranate Seeds

1997

Pittipat's Saucer of Moon book cover

Pittipat's Saucer of Moon

2012

Stop the Train! book cover

Stop the Train!

2001

The Wish-Bringer book cover

The Wish-Bringer

2012

Fires' Astonishment book cover

Fires' Astonishment

1990

Where the World Ends book cover

Where the World Ends

2017

Wenceslas book cover

Wenceslas

2005

The Middle of Nowhere book cover

The Middle of Nowhere

2013

A Pack of Lies book cover

A Pack of Lies

1989

The Death-Defying Pepper Roux book cover

The Death-Defying Pepper Roux

2009

Lovesong book cover

Lovesong

1996

My Grandmother's Clock book cover

My Grandmother's Clock

2002

The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen book cover

The Glorious Adventures of the Sunshine Queen

2010

Greek Gods And Goddesses book cover

Greek Gods And Goddesses

1997

Father and Son book cover

Father and Son

2006

How the Reindeer Got Their Antlers book cover

How the Reindeer Got Their Antlers

2000

A Tale of Two Dragons book cover

A Tale of Two Dragons

2022

The White Darkness book cover

The White Darkness

2005

One Thousand and One Arabian Nights book cover

One Thousand and One Arabian Nights

2004

The Orchard Book of Stories from the Ballet book cover

The Orchard Book of Stories from the Ballet

1994

Gold Dust book cover

Gold Dust

1986

Smile! book cover

Smile!

2004

Not the End of the World book cover

Not the End of the World

2004

Beauty and the Beast book cover

Beauty and the Beast

1999

Monacello book cover

Monacello

The Little Monk

2011

Unicorns! Unicorns! book cover

Unicorns! Unicorns!

1997

A Little Lower Than the Angels book cover

A Little Lower Than the Angels

1987

Show Stopper! book cover

Show Stopper!

2003

The Snow Queen book cover

The Snow Queen

2019

One Bright Penny book cover

One Bright Penny

2002

Theseus and the Minotaur book cover

Theseus and the Minotaur

1997

The Bronze Cauldron book cover

The Bronze Cauldron

Myths-Legends Of The World

1997

The Pirate's Son book cover

The Pirate's Son

1996

Saint George and the Dragon book cover

Saint George and the Dragon

1941

Moby Dick book cover

Moby Dick

or The White Whale

1997

The Canterbury Tales book cover

The Canterbury Tales

1984

The Oxford Treasury of Fairy Tales book cover

The Oxford Treasury of Fairy Tales

2003

Casting the Gods Adrift book cover

Casting the Gods Adrift

1998

Forever X book cover

Forever X

1997

[The Odyssey (Puffin Classics)] [By book cover

[The Odyssey (Puffin Classics)] [By

Homer] [December, 1997]

2025

The Silver Treasure book cover

The Silver Treasure

Myths and Legends of the World

1996

The Positively Last Performance book cover

The Positively Last Performance

2013

Peter Pan in Scarlet book cover

Peter Pan in Scarlet

2006

El Cid book cover

El Cid

1989

The Nutcracker book cover

The Nutcracker

1999

Theseus book cover

Theseus

1997

Grandma Chickenlegs book cover

Grandma Chickenlegs

1999

Perseus book cover

Perseus

1998

Romulus and Remus book cover

Romulus and Remus

2001

Tamburlaine's Elephants book cover

Tamburlaine's Elephants

2007

The Stones Are Hatching book cover

The Stones Are Hatching

2000

Starry Tales book cover

Starry Tales

1998

Greek Myths book cover

Greek Myths

1992

Burning the Books And The Guardian Geese book cover

Burning the Books And The Guardian Geese

2000

The Kite Rider book cover

The Kite Rider

1752

The Little Mermaid book cover

The Little Mermaid

2019

The Crystal Pool book cover

The Crystal Pool

Myths and Legends of the World

1998

Treasury Of Fairy Tales book cover

Treasury Of Fairy Tales

2003

Hercules book cover

Hercules

1997

The Questing Knights of the Faerie Queen book cover

The Questing Knights of the Faerie Queen

2004

Athena and the Olive Tree book cover

Athena and the Olive Tree

2000

Odysseus book cover

Odysseus

2003

The Supreme Lie book cover

The Supreme Lie

2021

Vainglory book cover

Vainglory

1991

The Golden Hoard book cover

The Golden Hoard

1995

Britannia book cover

Britannia

1999

The Orchard Book of Roman Myths book cover

The Orchard Book of Roman Myths

1999

Blue Moon Mountain book cover

Blue Moon Mountain

2003

God's People book cover

God's People

1997

King Arthur and the Round Table book cover

King Arthur and the Round Table

1987

Golden Myths and Legends of the World book cover

Golden Myths and Legends of the World

50 of the Best Stories Ever

1995

The Jesse Tree book cover

The Jesse Tree

2003

Little Angel book cover

Little Angel

1995

Cyrano book cover

Cyrano

2006

By Geraldine McCaughrean - The Odyssey (1995-04-07) [Hardcover] book cover

By Geraldine McCaughrean - The Odyssey (1995-04-07) [Hardcover]

2025

A Pilgrim's Progress book cover

A Pilgrim's Progress

2001

Stories From Shakespeare book cover

Stories From Shakespeare

1995

The Odyssey book cover

The Odyssey

1993

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