Unable to get to the library in a snowstorm to change my library books, in desperation I sat down and started to write a novel. Career ĭescribing the start of her writing career, Fine has written: “In 1971 my first daughter was born.

She studied History and Politics at university, got married, and then her daughter Ione was born. The eldest of the sisters is Elizabeth Arnold who also writes books for children the three younger sisters were triplets. She has four sisters her father was an electrical engineer and she grew up in Fareham, Hampshire. She and Kit Fine have two daughters named Cordelia Fine and Ione Fine. She currently lives in Barnard Castle, County Durham, England. She was married to the philosopher Kit Fine until they were divorced she has now been with her partner Dick Warren for more than twenty years. She attended Northampton High School and earned a degree in politics from the University of Warwick. Early life įine was born and raised in Leicester and educated in neighbouring midland counties of England. From 2001 to 2003, she was the second Children's Laureate in the UK. For some of those five books she also won the Guardian Prize, one Smarties Prize, two Whitbread Awards, and she was twice the Children's Author of the Year.įor her contribution as a children's writer, Fine was a runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1998.

įine has written more than seventy children's books, including two winners of the annual Carnegie Medal and three highly commended runners-up. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and she was appointed an OBE in 2003. Although best known for children's books, she also writes for adults. Anne Fine OBE FRSL (born 7 December 1947) is an English writer.

Goggle-Eyes by Anne Fine