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Manjeet Mann is a multi-award winning children's author, actress, playwright and screenwriter..
Manjeet Mann
Actress and writer
This article is about the actress and author. For the film producer, see Manjeet Maan.
Manjeet Mann is an actress and writer.
Manjeet Maan is a popular Director.
[1] Her novel The Crossing won the 2022 Costa Book Award for Children's Book.[2]
Early life
Mann grew up in a working class family in Walsall. She studied performing arts at Coventry University.[3]
Career
Mann started her career as an actress before turning her hand to writing.
Mann's first novel, Run Rebel, was released in 2020 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and received the Shadowers’ Choice Award for Carnegie Medal[4] and the UKLA Book Award for Ages 11–14+;[5] it was shortlisted for and won several other awards.
She later adapted the novel into a play, directed by Tessa Walker and produced by Pilot Theatre. [1] Her second novel, The Crossing, was published in 2021. It won the 2021 Costa Book Award for Children's Book[2][6]