Press Release

Orion titles take two places on the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Longlist26/05/2009

The Silver Blade by Sally Gardner (Orion) and Revolver by Marcus Sedgwick (Orion Childrens) have been longlisted for the 2009 Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize.

The winner of the £1,500 prize – the only children's award in which authors are judged by their peers – will be announced on 8th October 2009, following the unveiling of the shortlist in September.

The full list is as follows:

  • Genesis, Bernard Beckett (Quercus Publishing Plc)
  • Solace of the Road, Siobhan Dowd (David Fickling Books)
  • The Silver Blade, Sally Gardner (Orion)
  • Then, Morris Gleitzman (Puffin)
  • Rowan the Strange, Julie Hearn (OUP Oxford)
  • Exposure, Mal Peet (Walker)
  • Nation, Terry Pratchett (Doubleday)
  • Revolver, Marcus Sedgwick (Orion Childrens)