Penelope Lively
Penelope Lively | |
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Lively in 2013 | |
| Born | Penelope Margaret Low 17 March 1933 Cairo, Egypt |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | St Anne's College, Oxford |
| Period | 1970–present |
| Genre | Novels, short stories, children's fiction (notably contemporary fantasy) |
| Notable awards | Carnegie Medal 1973 Booker Prize 1987 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2, including Adam Lively |
| Relatives | Valentine Low (half-brother) Rachel Reckitt (aunt) |
| Website | |
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Dame Penelope Margaret Lively DBE FRSL (née Low; born 17 March 1933) is a British writer of fiction for both children and adults. Lively has won both the Booker Prize (Moon Tiger, 1987) and the Carnegie Medal for British children's books (The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, 1973).