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Gwen Grant〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EAST MIDLANDS ARTS – DIRECTORY OF WRITERS AND STORYTELLERS )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nottinghamshire writers )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Nottinghamshire County Council Literature Newsletter )〕 is an English writer primarily known for her works for children and young adults and is the author of seventeen published novels and picture books. In addition, her short stories and poems have been anthologised in collections by leading publishers, including Oxford University Press and Macmillan. Her initial novel, ''Private – Keep Out'', was shortlisted for both the Carnegie Medal and The Other Award, and she has since been the recipient of a number of additional awards and shortlisted for others. She was also the subject of a documentary by Thames TV and her works have been featured on BBC and ITV segments. In addition to her contributions as a writer, Gwen Grant has also done important outreach work in schools, stimulating interest in reading and creative writing in children by leading individually crafted classes and seminars. She also coaches aspiring new writers, serving as a respected guide and editor of their beginning efforts. ==Biography== Gwendoline Ellen Rewston was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire in 1940, in the early days of World War II. At the time, the town's economy was based almost entirely on the fortunes and misfortunes of the coal mining industry. Gwen, the fourth of six children, was the daughter of George Rewston, a general labourer and miner, and his wife, Alice (née Hall), a homemaker. Her early life and experiences were strongly impacted by the poverty of a miner's family and what she heard and observed of the dangerous working conditions of the "pit", as the mines were commonly known, and by the deprivations and strains of the war. Despite that, her parents taught her that there was opportunity for everyone. For an anthology of women's writing published in the United States, she wrote, Gwendoline Rewston married Ian Grant and is known personally and professionally as Gwen Grant. She became the mother of twin sons, and is now a grandmother and great-grandmother. In 1975, she earned a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities from The Open University and in the same year, began her writing career. Her first picture book, ''Matthew and His Magic Kite'', was published in 1977. In 1978, she published ''Private – Keep Out'' and followed up with ''Knock and Wait''. Her output since has been prodigious and she continues her work today. In 2010, she contributed a story to ''Stories for Haiti'', an anthology published as a charitable project to help bring relief to the victims of the massive earthquake there. 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「Gwen Grant」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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