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Jamila Gavin (born 9 August 1941) is a British writer born in Mussoorie in the United Provinces of India, in the present-day state of Uttarakhand in the Western Himalayas. She is known primarily for children's books including several with Indian origins. On July 15, 2014, she was announced as a finalist for the prestigious (2015 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature ). ==Life== Gavin was born in ()( 9 August 1941), in the foothills of the Himalayas. Her father was Indian and her mother English; they met as teachers in Iran.〔 She learned to describe herself as "half and half". She says online that from her mixed background "I inherited two rich cultures which ran side by side throughout my life, and which always made me feel I belonged to both countries." She first visited England when she was six, and settled there when she was 11. She worked in the music department of the BBC before becoming a writer. She wrote her first book (Magic Orange Tree and Other Stories, in 1979. ) after her first child was born because she became aware that there were few children's books reflecting their experience as multi-racial children. She has also written books reflecting her childhood in India, particularly her Surya trilogy. She is also a patron of the Shakespeare Schools Festival, a charity that enables school children across the UK to perform Shakespeare in professional theatres.〔("Jamila Gavin" ). Shakespeare Schools Festival (''ssf.uk.com''). London. (). Retrieved 27 November 2012.〕 Gavin settled in Stroud, Gloucestershire before 1990 and lived there as of 2009〔 and 2012.〔 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「Jamila Gavin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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