Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Anita Ganeri
British children's writer (born 1961) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Anita Ganeri (born 1961) is an Indian author of the award-winning series Horrible Geography and many other non-fiction books for children.
Early life and education
Ganeri was born in Calcutta, India and her family emigrated to England when she was a baby.[1] She boarded at Stamford High School,[1] and graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in French/German and Indian Studies.[2]
Career
Ganeri worked in publishing for several years - first as a foreign rights manager for Walker, and later as an editor at Usborne - before becoming a freelance writer.[1] Her first published book was a Ladybird book on 'how things work'.[1] In total, she has written over 600 non-fiction books,[3] at a rate of 15-20 per year.[1] Her work on the Horrible Geography series led to her becoming a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.[1]
Remove ads
Personal life
Ganeri lives in Ilkley, West Yorkshire, with her husband, the children's author Chris Oxlade.[1]
Awards
Remove ads
Selected works
Horrible Geography series
- Odious Oceans (1999)
- Stormy Weather (1999)
- Violent Volcanoes (1999)
- Desperate Deserts (2000)
- Earth-Shattering Earthquakes (2000)
- Raging Rivers (2000)
- Bloomin' Rainforests (2001)
- Freaky Peaks (2001)
- Perishing Poles (2002)
- Intrepid Explorers (2003)
- Wild Islands (2004)
- Monster Lakes (2005)
- Cracking Coasts (2006)
- Horrible Geography of the World (2007) - name changed in later editions to Wicked World Tour
- Horrible Geography Handbook: Wicked Weather (2008)
- Horrible Geography Handbook: Wild Animals (2008)
- Horrible Geography Handbook: Planet in Peril (2009)
- Horrible Geography Handbook: Vile Volcanoes (2010)
- Horrible Geography Handbook: Perilous Poles (2010)
Remove ads
See also
References
External links
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads