Meg Rosoff
- January 6, 2024
- Writer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Meg Rosoff |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Date Of Birth | Oct 16, 1956(1956-10-16) |
| Age | 68 |
| Birthplace | Boston |
| Country | United States |
| Horoscope | Libra |
Meg Rosoff Biography
| Name | Meg Rosoff |
| Birthday | Oct 16 |
| Birth Year | 1956 |
| Place Of Birth | Boston |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Libra |
Meg Rosoff is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on October 16, 1956 in Boston, United States. Rosoff was the second child of four sisters, born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1956 to a Jewish family. From 1974 to 1977, she attended Harvard University. She then moved to London where she studied sculpture at Saint Martin’s School of Art. In 1980, she returned to the United States to complete her degree. She then moved to New York City, where she spent 9 years in advertising and publishing.
Kevin MacDonald directed the film How I Live Now, starring Saoirse Roan. It was released in Britain on October 4, 2013 and in America on November 5, 2013.
In 2016, Rosoff won the Astrid Lindgren memorial award and the largest cash prize in children’s literature for her entire catalog of work.
The Is No Dog was published in 2011 by Penguin (US edition, Putnam 2012). It is a humorous novel that assumes God is a 19 year-old boy. Rosoff explained to Book Nerd that the title is a play on a dyslexic atheist who walks up and down in front a church bearing a sign saying THERE IS NO DOG.
Meg Rosoff Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Writer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Meg Rosoff is one of the richest Writer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Meg Rosoff 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Meg Rosoff, an American writer, was born 16 October 1956 in London. Her best- known work is the novel How I live Now (Puffin), 2004. It won the Printz Award, the Guardian Prize and the Branford Boase Award. The Whitbread Awards shortlist also included it. Just in Case (Penguin 2006) was her second novel. It won the British librarians’ annual Carnegie Medal, which recognises the best children’s book of the year published in the UK.
Rosoff, 32 years old, returned to London in 1989 and has lived there since. She worked as a copywriter in a number of advertising agencies between 1989 and 2003. After her younger sister’s death from breast cancer, she began writing novels. In 2004, her young adult novel, How I Live Now, was published. This was the same week that she was diagnosed with breast carcinoma. The Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize was awarded to it. It also received the American Library Association’s annual Michael L. Printz Award, which recognises the best book for teens based solely on its literary merit. She published Meet Wild Boars in 2005, illustrated by Sophie Blackall. Just in Case, published in 2006, won the British Carnegie Medal and German Jugendliteraturpreis. Rosoff’s third novel, What I Was, was published in August 2007. This was followed by two additional collaborations with Blackall: Wild Boars Cook, Jumpy Jack, and Googily. Another novel, The Bride’s Farewell was listed among the top ten books for young adults published in the American adult market in 2009.
Picture Me Gone was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature (U.S.).
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Facts & Trivia
Meg Ranked on the list of most popular Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Meg Rosoff celebrates birthday on October 16 of every year.
Where does Meg Rosoff Live?
Meg Rosoff lives in North London. She is also the author of Meet Wild Boars (2005), a picture book, and co-author of a book of non-fiction, London Guide: Your Passport to Great Travel (1995).
What was Meg Rosoff summary?
What I Was tells the story of a secret friendship between two teenagers, one an unhappy public schoolboy and the other living an independent and isolated life on the beach near the school. It is set on the East Anglian coast in 1962.
Where is the great Godden set?
The Great Godden takes place over a single summer on the Suffolk coast , during which two families — who always meet for the summer on the beach — are joined by the 18 and 19-year-old sons of a Hollywood actress.
How do I live now?
How I Live Now
Screenplay by| Jeremy Brock Tony Grisoni Penelope Skinner
Based on| How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Produced by| John Battsek Alasdair Flind Andrew Ruhemann Charles Steel
Starring| Saoirse Ronan George MacKay Tom Holland Harley Bird Anna Chancellor
Is How I Live Now a good book?
It received generally positive reviews and won the British Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and the American Printz Award for young-adult literature.