Robert Westall's Literary awards

Robert Westall wrote a total of 48 books. 12 of these were published posthumously. His work won him the following prizes and appearances on shortlists.

1975	The Machine Gunners	The Carnegie Medal Runner-up for 'The Guardian' Award
1977	The Machine Gunners	Honor Book American Boston Globe Horn Book Award
1979	The Devil on the Road	The Carnegie Medal Runner-up
1982	The Scarecrows	The Carnegie Medal American Boston Honor Book Globe Horn Book Award
1983	Futuretrack Five	The Carnegie Medal Runner-up Observer/Malcolm Bradbury Top Ten
1987	Urn Burial	Children's Book Prize Runner-up
1989	Blitzcat	Smarties Senior Prize Children's Book Prize Runner-up
	The Machine Gunners	German Preis der Leseratten
1990	The Kingdom by the Sea	'The Guardian' Award The Carnegie Medal – Highly Commended
	The Promise	Sheffield Children's Book Prize
	Futuretrack Five	German Preis der Leseratten
1991	Yaxley's Cat	Carnegie Medal Shortlist Smarties Prize Shortlist
	The Promise	German Preis der Leseratten
1992	Gulf	The Carnegie Medal – Highly Commended The Whitbread Prize Shortlist Joint Winner The Lancashire Children's Book Prize Children's Book Award – Longer Novel Category Winner
	The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral	The Dracula Society 'Children of the Night' Award
1994	A Time of Fire	Carnegie Medal Shortlist
1996		The Italian Premio Anderson Award for Best Foreign Author
2007	The Machine Gunners	CILIP Carnegie Medal 70th anniversary Top Ten

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