Emma Clayton
BritishScience FictionDystopianb. 1968
Emma Clayton (born 1968) is a British author of children’s and young-adult dystopian fiction, best known for The Roar (2008) and its sequel The Whisper (2012). Trained initially as a field archaeologist and later working as a freelance illustrator, she studied film and screenwriting before publishing her debut novel. The Roar was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and won the Yorkshire Coast Book Award; it has also appeared on several honour and reading lists.
Awards
['Yorkshire Coast Book Award', 'USBBY Outstanding International Books Honour List (2010)', 'Texas Library Association Lone Star Reading List (2010)']
Notable Works
['The Roar', 'The Whisper']
