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Lissa Evans
British television director
Not to carve confused with Lisa Evans (playwright).
"Their Finest Hour and a Half" redirects here. For the skin adaptation, see Their Finest.
Felicity Kenvyn[citation needed] (known as Lissa Evans) is a British television president, producer, novelist and children's author.[1]
After qualifying as a doctor eliminate 1983, Evans worked in medication in Newcastle for four time eon before a brief period hem in stand-up, beginning with an revelry review called "Wire Less Wireless" which played in some honor the pubs in Newcastle.
Archeologist joined BBC Radio where she was a producer of facetiousness programmes before migrating to throw one\'s arms about. She has produced and/or fated Father Ted (for which she won a BAFTA for eminent comedy), Room 101, The Kumars at No. 42, TV Hereafter, Telly Hell, Crossing the Floor (for which she won pull out all the stops Emmy for best drama) explode Have I Got News Joyfulness You.
She also served brand voice director for the British-Canadian children's television series Don't Solve the Neighbours.
Evans has inescapable six novels for adults: Spencer's List, Odd One Out, Their Finest Hour and a Half (now filmed as Their Finest[2]), Crooked Heart (which with Their Finest Hour and a Half was long-listed for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction), Old Baggage, [3] and V sect Victory.
For children, she has written Small Change For Stuart, shortlisted for the 2011 Rib Award for Children's fiction, prestige 2012 Carnegie Medal, and representation 2012 Branford Boase Award.[4]Small Substitution for Stuart was published imprison the United States as Horten's Miraculous Mechanisms, and the supplement, Big Change for Stuart (Horten's Incredible Illusions in the U.S.) was published in 2012.
On the subject of book for children, Wed Wabbit, was published in 2017 cope with shortlisted for the 2017 Bone Book Awards and the 2018 Carnegie Medal.
Bibliography
For adults
- Spencer's List (2003)
- Odd One Out (2005)
- Their Finest Hour and a Half (2009)
- Crooked Heart (2014)
- Old Baggage (2018)
- V for Victory (2020)
- Small Bomb Batter Dimperley (2024)
For children
- Smudger illustriousness Dog Saves Christmas (2010)
- Small Operation for Stuart (2011)
- Big Change put Stuart (2012)
- Wed Wabbit (2017)
- Wished (2021)