Biography - Meg Rosoff was born in 1956 in Boston, USA. She studied at Harvard University and left for England in 1977 to enter St Martin's School of Art, later returning to finish her degree at Harvard. She worked in New York City for 10 years in publishing and advertising, before moving to England.
She wrote her first novel, How I Live Now, in 2004. It won several awards, including the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and was shortlisted for the Whibread Children's Book Award and the Orange First Novel Prize.
Her second novel, Just in Case (2006), about a hunted 15-year-old boy, won the 2007 Carnegie Medal and was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award and the Booktrust Teenage Prize
Her latest novel, What I Was (2007), is a love story and coming of age novel told by a 16-year-old boy expelled from two boarding schools and placed in a third. It was shortlisted for the 2008 Carnegie Medal and the 2007 Costa Children's Book Award.
Meg Rosoff lives in North London. She is also the author of Meet Wild Boars (2005), a picture book, and co-author of a book of non-fiction, London Guide: Your Passport to Great Travel (1995).
Bibliography
London Guide: Your Passport to Great Travel (with Caren Acker) Open Road Publishing (US), 1995
How I Live Now Penguin, 2004
Meet Wild Boars (illustrated by Sophie Blackall) Puffin, 2005
Just in Case Penguin, 2006
What I Was Penguin, 2007
Jumpy Jack & Googily (illustrated by Sophie Blackall) Puffin, 2009
The Bride's Farewell Penguin, 2009
Wild Boars Cook (illustrated by Sophie Blackall) Puffin, 2009
Prizes and awards
2004 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize How I Live Now
2004 Whibread Children's Book Award (shortlist) How I Live Now
2005 Booktrust Teenage Prize (shortlist) How I Live Now
2005 Branford Boase Book Award How I Live Now
2005 Der Luchs des Jahres Book Prize (Germany) How I Live Now
2005 Julia Ward Howe Prize (US) How I Live Now
2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize (US) (shortlsit) How I Live Now
2005 Michael L. Printz Award (US) How I Live Now
2005 Orange First Novel Prize (shortlist) How I Live Now
2006 Costa Children's Book Award (shortlist) Just in Case
2007 Booktrust Teenage Prize (shortlist) Just in Case
2007 Carnegie Medal Just in Case
2007 Costa Children's Book Award (shortlist) What I Was
2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize (US) (shortlist) Just in Case
2008 Carnegie Medal (shortlist) What I Was
2008 Der Luchs des Jahres Book Prize (Germany) (shortlist) What I Was
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