Author anne fine biography of barack obama
This is a very well researched story of the young Barack Obama, his father, Kenyon Barack Obama Sr. (whose brilliance was compromised by arrogance and alcohol)..
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, ) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 44th president of the United States from to
Anne Fine
British children's and adult writer (born 1947)
Anne FineOBE FRSL (born 7 December 1947) is an English writer. Although best known for children's books, she also writes for adults.
She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and she was appointed an OBE in 2003.[2]
Fine has written more than seventy children's books, including two winners of the annual Carnegie Medal and three highly commended runners-up.[3][a] For some of those five books she also won the Guardian Prize, one Smarties Prize, two Whitbread Awards, and she was twice the Children's Author of the Year.
For her contribution as a children's writer, Fine was a runner-up for the Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1998.[4][5] From 2001 to 2003, she was the second Children's Laureate in the UK.[6]
Early life
Fine was born and raised in Leicester and educated in neighbouring midland counties of England.
She attended Northampton High Sch