Theresa Breslin


Theresa Breslin is a Scottish author of over 50 books. In 1994, she won the 1994 Carnegie Medal. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Scottish Literary Studies.
In 2019 Breslin received an O.B.E. in the Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to Literature.
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Career

Breslin grew up in Kirkintilloch in Scotland. She started writing as a teenager; writing about the closing of a nearby steel mill. She attended Aston University in Birmingham. She began writing for publication whilst employed as a librarian, and she has published over 50 books.
Whispers in the Graveyard, published in 1994, features a dyslexic boy. Breslin won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising it as that year's best children's book.
Her book Prisoners of the Inquisition was shortlisted for another Carnegie Medal in 2010.
Breslin was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to literature. She was awarded the Scottish Book Trust's Outstanding Achievement Award that year.

Personal life

Breslin is married with four children.

Books

Divided City is her eighth book for the Doubleday list. The Medici Seal, for which her research was extensive, with trips to study Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous works, including the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. The Medici Seal is a tale of intrigue, murder and betrayal which follows the journey of Matteo as he travels with Leonardo across Italy on the Borgias' business.

Works

  • Simon's Challenge
  • Different Directions
  • Time to Reap
  • Kezzie
  • Bullies at School
  • Whispers in the Graveyard
  • Alien Force
  • A Homecoming for Kezzie
  • Missing
  • Death or Glory Boys
  • Name Games
  • Across the Roman Wall
  • Blair, the Winner! – four stories
  • Name Games
  • Bodyparts
  • Starship Rescue
  • Blair Makes a Splash – four stories
  • The Dream Master
  • Dream Master – Nightmare!
  • Duncan of Carrick
  • Remembrance
  • New School Blues
  • Dream Master – Gladiator
  • Prisoner in Alcatraz
  • Dream Master – Arabian Nights
  • Saskia's Journey
  • Divided City
  • The Medici Seal
  • The Nostradamus Prophecy
  • Prisoner of the Inquisition
  • ''Spy for the Queen of Scots''

Awards and honours

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