The Branford Boase Longlist Announcement
Over its twenty-one-year history winners and shortlisted authors have included Siobhan Dowd, Meg Rosoff, Mal Peet, Frank Cottrell Boyce and Patrick Ness as well as Frances Hardinge, M G Leonard and Philip Reeve.
Uniquely, the Branford Boase Award also honours the editor of the winning title and highlights the importance of the editor in nurturing new talent.
In another outstanding year for debuts, 59 books were submitted and by more than two dozen different publishers; 20 books have made it onto the longlist.
The Middler
Author: Kirsty Applebaum
Editor: Kirsty Stansfield
Publisher: Nosy Crow
Little Badman and
the Invasion of the Killer Aunties
Authors: Humza Arshad and Henry White
Editors: Holly Harris and Sharan Matharu
Illustrator: Aleksei Bitskoff
Publisher: Puffin
The Space We’re In
Author: Katya Balen
Editor: Lucy Mackay-Sim
Illustrator: Laura Carlin
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Asha and the Spirit
Bird
Author: Jasbinder Bilan
Editor:Kesia Lupo
Publisher: Chicken House
A Pocketful of
Stars
Author: Aisha Bushby
Editors: Liz Bankes and Sarah Levison
Publisher: Egmont
Charlie Changes
into a Chicken
Author: Sam Copeland
Editor: Ben Horslen
Illustrator: Sarah Horne
Publisher: Puffin
Potkin and Stubbs
Author: Sophie Green
Editor: Emma Matthewson
Illustrator: Karl Mountford
Publisher: Bonnier Books
The Garden of Lost
Secrets
Author: A M Howell
Editor: Rebecca Walker
Publisher: Usborne
Bearmouth
Author: Liz Hyder
Editor: Sarah Odedina
Publisher: Pushkin Press
The Girl who Lost
her Shadow
Author: Emily Ilett
Editors: Eleanor Collins and Jennie Skinner
Publisher: Floris Books
High-Rise Mystery
Author: Sharna Jackson
Editor: Robin Stevens
Publisher: Knights Of
Frostheart
Author: Jamie Littler
Editor: Naomi Colthurst
Publisher: Puffin
Lori and Max
Author: Catherine O’Flynn
Editor: Rebecca Lloyd
Publisher: Firefly Press
Nevertel
Author: Katharine Orton
Editor: Annalie Grainger
Publisher: Walker Books
The Midnight Hour
Authors: Benjamin Read and Laura Trinder
Editor: Rachel Leyshon
Publisher: Chicken House
The Tzar’s Curious
Runaways
Author: Robin Scott-Elliot
Editor: Mikka Haugaard
Publisher: Everything with Words
Bloom
Author: Nicola Skinner
Editor: Nick Lake
Illustrator: Flavia Sorrentino
Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books
The Million Pieces
of Neena Gill
Author: Emma Smith-Barton
Editor: Naomi Colthurst
Publisher: Puffin
Starfell: Willow
Moss and the Lost Day
Author: Dominique Valente
Editor: Harriet Wilson
Illustrator: Sarah Warburton
Publisher: HarperCollins Children’s Books
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
Author: Holly Jackson
Editor: Lindsey Heaven
Publisher: Electric Monkey
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