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Mal Peet (October 1947 – 2 March 2015) was an English author and illustrator best known for young-adult fiction. He has won several honours including the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Prize, British children's literature awards that recognise "year's best" books. Three of his novels feature football and the fictional South American sports journalist Paul Faustino. ''The Murdstone Trilogy'' (2014) is his first work aimed at adult readers. ==Biography== Peet grew up in a council estate in North Walsham, Norfolk, the eldest of three siblings, in a family that he describes as "emotionally impaired".〔 (Mal Peet ). Walker Books; retrieved 5 July 2011. (Archived ) 5 July 2011.〕 He attended the Paston School〔 Goodnow, Cecilia. ("A powerful late start for young-adult book author Mal Peet" ). ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer''. 2 March 2007; retrieved 5 July 2011. (Archived ) 5 July 2011.〕 and spent one year at the University of Warwick studying American and British literature.〔Martin Chilton, (Mal Peet, writer, dies aged 67 ), The Telegraph, 03 Mar 2015.〕〔; retrieved 5 July 2011.〕 He worked at a variety of jobs, including writer for educational publishers, before deciding to start a novel at age 52.〔 He lived in Exmouth, Devon with his wife, Elspeth Graham and their son Tom. He had two children, Lauren and Charlie (from an earlier relationship with Amy Urry) . Within the last year he had also became a grandfather to Grace and Ezra.〔Bradbury, Lorna. ("A writer's life: Mal Peet" ). ''The Daily Telegraph''. 16 July 2006; retrieved 5 July 2011. (Archived ) 5 July 2011.〕 ''Cloud Tea Monkeys'' (1999), a children's picture book written by Peet and his wife, illustrated by Alan Marks, is set in the Himalayas and based on a Chinese folktale. ''Kirkus Reviews'' observed, in review of the 2010 edition illustrated by Juan Wijngaard, "The deftly spun, emotionally resonant fairy-tale story ... begs to be read aloud. ... Unlike cloud tea, an accessible treasure."〔 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「Mal Peet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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