Eva ibbotson biography summary rubric
Set in , this book tells the story of eighteen-year-old Harriet Morton, the daughter of a Cambridge professor of Classics.
Eva Ibbotson was born Eva Maria Charlotte Michelle Wiesner in Vienna, Austria in to non-practising Jewish parents....
Eva Ibbotson (1925-) Biography
Born 1925, in Vienna, Austria; Education: Bedford College, London, B.Sc., 1945; attended Cambridge University, 1946-47; University of Durham, diploma in education, 1965.
Hobbies and other interests: Ecology and environmental preservation, music, continental literature, history ("My favorite period is 1904!").
Addresses
Agent—Curtis Brown, 162-168 Regent St., London W1R 5TA, England; John Cushman Associates Inc., 25 West 42nd St., New York, NY 10036.
Career
Full-time writer.
Former research worker, university teacher, and schoolteacher.
Honors Awards
Carnegie Medal shortlist, British Library Association, 1979, for Which Witch?, and 2001, for Journey to the River Sea; Best Romantic Novel of the Year Published in England, Romantic Novelists Association, 1983, for Magic Flutes; Smarties Prize Shortlist, and Best Books designation, School Library Journal, 1998, for The Secret of Platform 13; Guardian Children's Fiction Award run