Gaye Hiçyilmaz (1947-) Biography - Writings, Sidelights - Personal, Addresses, Career, Honors Awards, Adaptations
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Born 1947, in Surbiton, Surrey, England; Education: University of Sussex, B.A., 1969.
Agent—Rosemary Bromley, Juvenalia, Avington, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 1DB, England.
British Council teacher in Ankara, Turkey, c.1970s.
Whitbread Award shortlist, and Guardian Children's Book Award runner-up, both 1992, both for Against the Storm; Guardian Children's Book Award shortlist, Smarties Award shortlist, and Writer's Guild Children's Fiction Award, all 1993, all for The Frozen Waterfall.
Girl in Red was adapted as an audiobook, Bolida Audio, 2002.
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Although born in England, author Gaye Hiçyilmaz spent several years living in Turkey with her Turkish husband, and her personal understanding of the culture and politics of Eastern Europe is woven throughout her highly praised novels for middle-grade and teen readers. Her first novel, Against the Storm, is characteristic of Hiçyilmaz's work: set in Turkey, where young Mehmet&#…
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