Author for children Elizabeth Laird

Elizabeth Laird

Living place: New Zealand

Birthday: 21-10-1943 (81 years old)

Global rank: #51251

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Who is Author for children Elizabeth Laird?
An author of English-language children's novels, she is known for works such as Red Sky in the Morning (1988) and Kiss the Dust (1991). Her Carnegie Medal and Book Award nominations for children include comic books, novels and short stories.
Her book, The King Garbage, won Children's Book of the Year, the Arts Council Scotland award.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She worked as a teacher in Malaysia at the age of eighteen and later taught English in Ethiopia. She graduated from the University of Bristol with a degree in French.

Family life info

She is the New Zealand-born child of Scottish parents. She had two sons, Angus and William, with her husband, David McDowall.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Author for children Elizabeth Laird?
She is a contemporary of fellow children's book author, Michael Morpurgo.

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When was Author for children Elizabeth Laird born?
Elizabeth Laird birthday 21-10-1943 (at the age of 81).
Where is Author for children Elizabeth Laird's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Elizabeth Laird was born in . is a Author for children, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Goat. Elizabeth Laird's global rank is 51251 and whose rank is 155 in list of famous Author for children.
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Events in 1943 and 21-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Elizabeth Laird

  • Churchill and Roosevelt hold the Casablanca Conference.
  • Mussolini is deposed and placed under arrest (July).

Birthday Elizabeth Laird (21-10) in history

  • Day 21-10 year 1797: The US Navy frigate "Old Ironsides" was launched in Boston Harbor.
  • Day 21-10 year 1805: Admiral Horatio Nelson died in the Battle of Trafalgar.
  • Day 21-10 year 1837: Seminole chief Osceola was captured as he carried a white flag of truce during the Second Seminole War.
  • Day 21-10 year 1879: Thomas Edison invented a workable incandescent electric lamp.
  • Day 21-10 year 1959: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum of modern and contemporary art, designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright, opened to the public in New York City.
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