British children's author Mal Peet, who won a number of awards during his career, including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Book Prize and the Branford Boase Award, died Monday, the Guardian reported. He was 67. His U.S. publisher, Candlewick Press, posted on Facebook yesterday: "We are very sad to announce that one of our beloved authors Mal Peet has passed away." His novels include Keeper, The Penalty, Tamar, Exposure, Life: An Exploded Diagram and The Murdstone Trilogy.
Peter Cox, his agent, said, "Mal was universally adored and admired by other writers. His talent was as prodigious as his warm, wide-open heart. I have lost a dear friend, and we have all lost an author of exceptional genius. His best and most exciting years were still ahead: his premature death is utterly tragic."
via Shelf Awareness
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