Background
Howker was born in Cyprus to a British military family with Lancashire roots.
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The Nature of the Beast by Janni Howker (1985-02-21)
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The Nature of the Beast by Janni Howker (3-Jan-2011) Paperback
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Martin Farrell by Janni Howker (1997-04-03)
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Janni Howker
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She lives in a cottage near the "very remote" Scottish border, and several of her books are set in the region, which she calls "my inspiration". The most important may be Martin Farrell, which features a boy caught in the midst of the bloody feuds of the Border Reivers.
Achievements
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The Nature of the Beast won the 1985 Whitbread Children"s Book Award. Foreign The Nature of the Beast and again next year for Isaac Campion in 1986, Howker was a highly commended runner-up for the annual Carnegie Medals from the Library Association, recognising the year"s best children"s book by a British subject. (From 1979 to 2002 the distinction was approximately annual, with 29 high commendations in a 24-year period including Howker alone for both 1985 and 1986) International Reading Award Tom-Gallon Award Observer Teenage Fiction Award Somerset Maugham Award.
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the Whitbread Children's Book Award; Somerset Maugham Award; Carnegie Medal; Carnegie Medals The Nature of the Beast won the 1985 Whitbread Children's Book Award. For The Nature of the Beast and again next year for Isaac Campion in 1986, Howker was a highly commended runner-up for the annual Carnegie Medals from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. (From 1979 to 2002 the distinction was approximately annual, with 29 high commendations in a 24-year period including Howker alone for both 1985 and 1986) International Reading Award Tom-Gallon Award Observer Teenage Fiction Award Somerset Maugham Award The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each May by the Society of Authors.the Whitbread Children's Book Award; Somerset Maugham Award; Carnegie Medal; Carnegie Medals The Nature of the Beast won the 1985 Whitbread Children's Book Award. For The Nature of the Beast and again next year for Isaac Campion in 1986, Howker was a highly commended runner-up for the annual Carnegie Medals from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. (From 1979 to 2002 the distinction was approximately annual, with 29 high commendations in a 24-year period including Howker alone for both 1985 and 1986) International Reading Award Tom-Gallon Award Observer Teenage Fiction Award Somerset Maugham Award The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each May by the Society of Authors.
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the Whitbread Children's Book Award; Somerset Maugham Award; Carnegie Medal; Carnegie Medals The Nature of the Beast won the 1985 Whitbread Children's Book Award. For The Nature of the Beast and again next year for Isaac Campion in 1986, Howker was a highly commended runner-up for the annual Carnegie Medals from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. (From 1979 to 2002 the distinction was approximately annual, with 29 high commendations in a 24-year period including Howker alone for both 1985 and 1986) International Reading Award Tom-Gallon Award Observer Teenage Fiction Award Somerset Maugham Award The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each May by the Society of Authors.the Whitbread Children's Book Award; Somerset Maugham Award; Carnegie Medal; Carnegie Medals The Nature of the Beast won the 1985 Whitbread Children's Book Award. For The Nature of the Beast and again next year for Isaac Campion in 1986, Howker was a highly commended runner-up for the annual Carnegie Medals from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. (From 1979 to 2002 the distinction was approximately annual, with 29 high commendations in a 24-year period including Howker alone for both 1985 and 1986) International Reading Award Tom-Gallon Award Observer Teenage Fiction Award Somerset Maugham Award The Somerset Maugham Award is a British literary prize given each May by the Society of Authors.