Two Times Teri Delivers Double Delight!
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| Teri Terry |
Hoorah Hoorah! Teri Terry has
earned an astonishing list of nominations and awards for her first teen
novel Slated.
In addition to winning the recent North
East Teenage Book Award, Slated has been short-listed for the Leeds
Book Award in the 14-16 category, Portsmouth Book Award in the longer novels
category, Sussex Coast Schools Amazing
Book Award, Rib Valley Book Award, Angus
Book Award, and Rotherham Book Award in the teen reads
category. It has also been long-listed for the Branford Boase Award, and short listed for the
SCBWI Crystal Kite award!
Slated was published in the UK in
May 2012 by Orchard Books, and was launched in the US by Penguin Imprint
Nancy Paulsen Books on 24th January. As if this amazing list isn't enough,
Slated has been recently optioned for a film by Prescience.
Teri Terry has lived in France, Canada, Australia and
England at more addresses than she can count, acquiring three degrees, a
selection of passports and a silly name along the way.
Moving constantly as a child,
teenager and also as an adult has kept Teri on the outside looking in
much of her life. It has given her an obsession with characters like Kyla in
Slated, who don't belong or find themselves in unfamiliar places.
I think a place firmly in the heart of
publishing is where Teri Terry belongs and I promise more good news is on the
way - two hoorahs aren't nearly enough!
Yay Teri! Very well-deserved :)
ReplyDeleteReally looking forward to reading Fractured, Teri. Well done on all those awards.
ReplyDeleteThis is going to be an amazing year for you, Teri - mark my words!
ReplyDeleteAll VERY exciting Teri!
ReplyDeleteSlated sounds great from the extract I've read. All the best.
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone! it's been sort of half whirlwind - half happening without me noticing, because I've been writing, writing, writing book 3. I hope to have some real world time now that I've finally sent it off.
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