![]() ![]() Peter Pan in Scarlet was released internationally on 5 October 2006, published in the UK by Oxford University Press and in the US by Simon & Schuster. McCaughrean won the competition, after submitting a synopsis and a sample chapter. ![]() ![]() Barrie gave all rights to Peter Pan to Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1929, and in 2004, to coincide with Peter Pan's centenary, the hospital launched a competition to find the author of a sequel. Her work includes many retellings of classic stories for children: The Odyssey, El Cid, The Canterbury Tales, The Pilgrim's Progress, Moby Dick, One Thousand and One Arabian Nights and Gilgamesh. Her motto is: do not write about what you know, write about what you want to know. She claims that what makes her love writing is the desire to escape from an unsatisfactory world. She studied teaching but found her true vocation in writing. McCaughrean was born in London and grew up in North London. She has received the Carnegie Medal twice and the Michael L. Her work has been translated into 44 languages worldwide. ![]() She has written more than 170 books, including Peter Pan in Scarlet (2004), the official sequel to Peter Pan commissioned by Great Ormond Street Hospital, the holder of Peter Pan's copyright. Geraldine McCaughrean ( / m ə ˈ k ɔː k r ə n/ mə- KAWK-rən born 6 June 1951) is a British children's novelist. ![]()
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