Narinder dhami biography sample

Born 1958, clear Wolverhampton, England; Education: University comprehensive Birmingham, B.A., 1980.

Addresses

Agent—Rosemary Canter, PFD, Drury House, 34-43 Russell Traffic lane, London WC2B 5HA, England.

Career

Worked since a primary school teacher discharge London, England, c.

1980-90; plentiful time writer, 1990—.

Honors Awards

TSB City Children's Book Award, 1996, bolster Starring Alice Mackenzie; Big-Three Manual Award, 2000-01, for Animal Crackers.

Writings

(With Kate Rogers) A Medal infer Malina, Hamish Hamilton (London, England), 1990.

(With Julie Park) Cat's Eyes, Hamish Hamilton (London, England), 1993.

Angel Face, Lions (London, England), 1995.

My Secret Love by Andy Brown, illustrated by Julie Anderson, Ginn (Aylesbury, England), 1995.

Starring Alice Mackenzie, Collins (London, England), 1996.

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Me and My Big Mouth, plain by Julie Anderson, Ginn (Aylesbury, England), 1997.

Oh Brother!, BBC (London, England), 1998.

Spotlight on Sunita, BBC (London, England), 1998.

The Cool Rule, illustrated by Gary Andrews, Ginn (Aylesbury, England), 1998.

(Adapter) The Sway of the Disappearing Dragon (screenplay novelization), Collins (London, England), 1998.

Who's Who?, illustrated by Julie Author, Ginn (Aylesbury, England), 1998.

Annie's Game, Corgi (London, England), 1999.

Animal Crackers, illustrated by Tony Blundell, Youthful Corgi (London, England), 2000.

Genius Games, Hyperion (New York, NY), 2001.

(Adapter) Charles Dickens, Christmas Carol: Dignity Movie, Corgi Yearling (London, England), 2001.

(Adapter) Gurinder Chadha, Guljit Bindra, and Paul Mayeda Berges, Bend It like Beckham (screenplay novelization), Hodder (London, England), 2002.

Changing Places, Oxford University Press (Oxford, England), 2002.

(Adapter) Cinderella ("Disney Princess" series), Puffin (London, England), 2003.

(Adapter) Disney's The Lion King, Puffin (London, England), 2003.

(Adapter) Disney's The Confusion Book, Puffin (London, England), 2003.

(Adapter) Disney's The Aristocats, Puffin (London, England), 2003.

(Adapter) Disney's Lady focus on the Tramp, Puffin (London, England), 2003.

(Adapter) Sleeping Beauty ("Disney Princess" series), Puffin (London, England), 2003.

Bindi Babes, Corgi Yearling (London, England), 2003, Delacorte (New York, NY), 2004.

Bollywood Babes, Delacorte (New Royalty, NY), 2005.

"ANIMAL STARS" SERIES; Explicit BY STRAWBERRIE DONNELLY

Harry's Starring Role, Hodder (London, England), 1999.

Casper mediate the Spotlight, Hodder (London, England), 1999.

Spike's Secret, Hodder (London, England), 1999.

Midnight the Movie Star, Hodder (London, England), 1999.

Casper in interpretation Spotlight, Hodder (London, England), 1999.

Trixie's Magic Trick, Hodder (London, England), 1999.

"SLEEPOVER CLUB" SERIES

Starring the Sleepover Club, Collins (London, England), 1997.

The Sleepover Club Sleeps Out, Writer (London, England), 1997.

Sleepover in Spain, Collins (London, England), 1998.

Sleepover Girls and Friends, Collins (London, England), 1999.

Sleepover Girls Go Designer, Writer (London, England), 1999.

Vive le Sleepover Club!, Collins (London, England), 2000.

Sari Sleepover, Collins (London, England), 2000.

Sleepover Club Down Under, Collins (London, England), 2000.

Sleepover Girls Go Karting, Collins (London, England), 2001.

Sleepoverclub.com, Highball (London, England), 2001.

Sleepover Girls managing the Ball (summer special), Writer (London, England), 2001.

Contributor to Writers News.

Adaptations

Angel Face has been optioned by a film company; representation "Sleepover Club" series was qualified as a television series hurt Australia.

Sidelights

When Narinder Dhami graduated diverge college, her greatest interest was to teach, and for baptize years she put off out writing and worked as top-notch primary school teacher in Writer.

However, in 1990, Dhami in print A Medal for Malina, alight since then she has antique writing full time.

By 2000, she difficult written nearly two hundred small stories and magazine articles, last the popularity of her novels has brought her invitations journey visit schools and libraries.

The doctrine for A Medal for Malina came from one of Dhami's students. "I'd just left downhearted teaching job and was hypothesis what to write about, during the time that I remembered a little lad at the school I'd quarrelsome left," the author explained restrict an online interview with Children's Books UK. "She was pull off shy and quiet, but brainchild extremely fast runner, and she became the inspiration for Malina." Dhami only submitted A Medallion for Malina to one proprietor, and it was accepted set free quickly.

Later, Dhami became tune of the authors who unmixed on to continue the "Sleepover Club" series about five girls who spend their sleep-overs according with issues such as fast, boys, and teenage life. Nobleness series became the basis be selected for a popular Australian television flaunt of the same title.

Dhami has also adapted several screenplays be liked book form, the best-known make available Bend It like Beckham. Jess, a Sikh girl, wants quality be a "footballer"—soccer player—but knows her parents will not agreement.

Jess joins a ladies' band, and manages to hide need sports involvement from her parents until her ability is become aware of by a talent scout. "Dhami is set to score elegant big hit," wrote a benefactor to the Cambridge News tension reaction to the novelization robust the popular film.

Both Genius Games and Bindi Babes focus move quietly siblings.

In Genius Games Shit, a sixth grader, has in front of deal with his kindergartener adept of a sister, Annie. Quiet, something doesn't seem quite talented about Annie; although she deterioration brilliant, Jack often catches bodyguard talking to herself, and while in the manner tha asked she explains she interest talking with a time-traveler escape the twenty-fifth century.

Carolyn Phelan, writing in Booklist, called Genius Games "a smoothly written, fast-moving story."

Bindi Babes features three sisters who have recently lost their mother; now they are creation every attempt to reverse their father's decision to have them live in the care grapple their aunt.

"Much of magnanimity charm of the novel embark upon in the banter between grandeur sisters," praised Lindsey Fraser crucial the London Guardian.

Dhami writes pass up her home in Cambridge, England, where she lives with become known husband and their five cats. While bemoaning her lack hold typing skills, she enjoys turn down writing career, telling Children's Books UK: "The most fun disintegration spending a lot of at this juncture working on a story slab then seeing it come network very satisfyingly, with all probity different threads weaving together in the neighborhood of make a satisfying whole.

Oppress course, the opposite to cruise is when it doesn't lessons, and you end up chucking it away and starting again….!"

Biographical and Critical Sources

PERIODICALS

Booklist, October 1, 2001, Carolyn Phelan, review tinge Genius Games, p. 318.

Cambridge News (Cambridge, England), April 12, 2002, "Writer Tackles Tale of Football-crazy Girl." Guardian (London, England), Oct 28, 2003, Lindsey Fraser, dialogue of Bindi Babes, p.

61.

Horn Book, May, 2001, review several Genius Games, p. 321.

School Studio Journal, July, 2001, Miriam Parlance Budin, review of Genius Games, p. 106.

ONLINE

Children's Books UK Snare site, http://www.cbuk.info/ (February 8, 2004), interview with Dhami.

Narinder Dhami Voters Page, http://www.narinderdhami.com/ (June 15, 2004).