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BurgessMelvin Burgess
Writer
Born 1954 in Sussex and brought up in Sussex and Berkshire, Melvin did poorly at school but got a job as a trainee journjalist when he left, which he packed in after six months. He did a variety of jobs after that including bricklayer, marbeller and being one of the idle poor. His first book, The Cry of the Wolf, was published in 1990 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Melvin’s book Junk won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children’s ficiton prize. Bloodtide shared the Northern Children’s book award for 1997; and Doing It, Melvin’s book on young male sexual culture, won the LA Young People’s Book of the Year and was adapted for American TV as Life As We Know It. His latest book is Nicholas Dane, set in a an abusive care home in 1980’s Manchester.
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DEBATING MATTERS HISTORY
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2009/10
DEBATE: Trial by juryJAN2010
Regional Final: North West & North Wales 2009/10
DEBATE: Artistic Expression
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8 February: Edinburgh 2011/12 Qualifying Round, Edinburgh
