Manjeet maan biography sample

Actress and writer

This article is about the actress and author. For the film producer, see Manjeet Maan.

Manjeet Mann is an actress and writer. ^[1] Her novel The Crossing won the Costa Book Award for Children's Book.^[2]

Early life

Mann grew up in a working class family in Walsall.

She studied performing arts at Coventry University.^[3]

Career

Mann started her career as an actress before turning her hand to writing.

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Mann's first novel, Run Rebel, was released in and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and received the Shadowers’ Choice Award for Carnegie Medal^[4] and the UKLA Book Award for Ages 11–14+;^[5] it was shortlisted for and won several other awards.

She later adapted the novel into a play, directed by Tessa Walker and produced by Pilot Theatre. [1] Her second novel, The Crossing, was published in It won the Costa Book Award for Children's Book^[2][6] and was shortliste