Guardian Prize for Fiction

Winner of the 2011 Guardian children's fiction prize announced

guardian.co.uk, Thursday 10 November 2011 15.00 EST

Andy Mulligan has been named as the winner of the 2011 Guardian children's fiction prize for his book Return to Ribblestrop.

Published by Simon & Schuster, Return to Ribblestrop is the sequel to Mulligan's first ever book, 'Ribblestrop', and tells the adventures of the pupils and teachers at Ribblestrop Towers.

Established in 1967, the Guardian children's fiction prize is unique in that it is the only children's prize to be judged by writers, and because authors are only able to win the prize once. Andy joins a distinguished group of past winners including Anne Fine, Philip Pullman, Jacqueline Wilson, Meg Rosoff and Patrick Ness.