Melvin Burgess

Melvin Burgess was born in Sussex in 1954. He did poorly at school and after a short period training as a journalist had a number of odd jobs and was unemployed for much of the time. His first book, The Cry of ther Wolf, was published in 1990, and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. He has since won the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction Award for his controversial novel, Junk, The Lancashire Children's Book Award for Bloodtide and the LA Times Best Young Adult Book of the Year award for Doing It. His work has been widely adapted for stage and TV, and he has built up a reputation for controversial, hard-hitting books dealing with themes ranging from sex and drugs to adaptions of Norse mythology. Melvin lives and works in Manchester. He has two children, Oliver and Pearl.

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Kill All Enemies Melvin Burgess A brilliant, intense and important book for everyone who cares about the real lives of many young people. The award winning author of Junk, Melvin Burgess, is at his very best in this hard hitting and deeply touching story... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/09/2011 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Nicholas Dane Melvin Burgess Carnegie-prize winning author, Melvin Burgess, has written a long-awaited new novel. This compelling story of a teenager caught in a corrupt 1980s care home is a powerful study of a particularly highly charged and distressing subject and one that is... Format: Paperback - Released: 03/06/2010 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Nicholas Dane Melvin Burgess Carnegie-prize winning author, Melvin Burgess, has written a long-awaited new novel. This compelling story of a teenager caught in a corrupt 1980s care home is a powerful study of a particularly highly charged and distressing subject and one that is... Format: Hardback - Released: 04/06/2009 Lovereading Price: £9.74 - Saving £3.25 (25%)

Bloodsong Melvin Burgess Melvin Burgess is justly regarded as the Godfather of Young Adult fiction in the UK. He doesn’t disappoint with this work of mind-bending imagination and power, in which myth, magic and science fiction are mixed with the basest and best... Format: Paperback (b Format) - Released: 04/01/2007 Lovereading Price: £5.24 - Saving £1.75 (25%)

Junk Melvin Burgess Carnegie winner in 1996. When it was published in 1996 it created a Storm of Protest - especially from those who didn't bother to read it. The book, however, is credible, honest, realistic, moving and sympathetic - not... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/03/2003 Lovereading Price: £5.99 - Saving £2.00 (25%)

Sara's Face Melvin Burgess As ever, Melvin Burgess makes readers think. Sara signs up for a face transplant but is it her who wants it or, is she being pushed into doing it against her will be the scarred pop-star who wants her face?... Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/1970 Lovereading Price: £7.49 - Saving £2.50 (25%)