Penelope Lively
Penelope M. Lively Lively in 2013 Born (1933-03-17) 17 March 1933 (age 81) Cairo, Egypt Occupation Writer Language English Citizenship British Period 1970–present Genre Novels, children's fiction (notablycontemporary fantasy) Notable awards Carnegie Medal 1973 Booker Prize 1987 Dame Penelope Margaret Lively, DBE, FRSL (born 17 March 1933) is a prolific, popular and critically acclaimed writer of fiction for both children and adults. She has won both the Booker Prize (Moon Tiger, 1987) and the Carnegie Medal for British children's books (The Ghost of Thomas Kempe, 1973).