Anne Fine is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and she was appointed an OBE in 2003.
11 Facts About Anne Fine
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Anne Fine was born and raised in Leicester and educated in neighbouring midland counties of England.
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Anne Fine attended Northampton High School and earned a degree in politics from the University of Warwick.
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Anne Fine was married to the philosopher Kit Fine until they were divorced and have two daughters named Cordelia Fine and Ione Fine.
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Anne Fine has four sisters; her father was an electrical engineer and she grew up in Fareham, Hampshire.
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In September 2010, Anne Fine told The Daily Telegraph's Jessica Salter that this first book lay under her bed after being rejected by two publishers, adding "Five years later I unearthed it and entered it in a competition where I was runner-up, and it was finally published in 1978".
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In March 2014, Anne Fine lent her support to the campaign Let Books Be Books, which aims to persuade publishers of children's books to stop labelling and promoting books as "for boys" or "for girls".
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In 1998, Anne Fine was one of five finalists for the writing award.
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Anne Fine won the 1989 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising Goggle-Eyes as that year's best children's book, and she was one of two highly commended runners-up for the same Medal with Bill's New Frock.
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Anne Fine is one of seven authors to win two Carnegie Medals and the only author of three Highly Commended books.
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Anne Fine was the second Children's Laureate and received the OBE for services to literature in the 2003 Queen's Birthday Honours List.