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Beverley Naidoo is a South African author of children's books who lives in the U.K. Her first three novels featured life in South Africa where she lived until her twenties.〔("Novels" ). Beverley Naidoo: Author.〕 She has also written a biography of the trade unionist Neil Aggett.〔("A family’s loss, a country’s painful past" ). Sue-Grant Marshall.''Business Day'', 23 October 2012.〕 ''The Other Side of Truth'', was published by Puffin in 2000, is a story about political corruption and how that affects the lives of the children of an outspoken writer. For that work she won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject.〔 Naidoo won the Josette Frank Award twice – in 1986 for ''Journey to Jo'burg'' and in 1997 for ''No Turning Back: A Novel of South Africa''. She has also participated in the anti apartheid movement ==Biography== Beverley Jill Naidoo was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on May 21, 1943 and grew up under apartheid. As a student, she began to question the apartheid regime and became part of the resistance movement.〔("Beverley Naidoo" ). ''Bookbox''. Channel 4 Learning.〕 In 1965, she came to the UK and married another South African exile; they have two children. She graduated from the University of York with a BA in Education. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beverley Naidoo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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