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)