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Eva
Ibbotson was born in Vienna, in Austria, but moved to England
with her family when the Nazis came to power. After training
to be a physiologist which she didn't enjoy because she
didn't like doing experiments on animals, Eva got married
and had four very nice children: a daughter and three sons.
She
has experienced lots of success over the years, and has
been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal with Which Witch?
the Smarties Prize with The Secret of Platform 13 and
the 2001 Blue Peter Book Award in the Book I Couldn't Put
Down category with Monster Mission. Her newest novel,
Journey to the River Sea, was runner-up in the Guardian
Children's Fiction Award was shortlisted for the Whitbread
Children's Book of the Year Award and is currently shortlisted
for the Smarties Prize and the 2001 Carnegie Medal.
Last
updated June 2002.
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