Awards & Winners

Daren King

Date of Birth 1972
Place of Birth Harlow
(United Kingdom, Essex, England)
Nationality England
Also know as Laurence Daren King
Profession Novelist, Writer, Author
Laurence Daren King is an award-winning English novelist. His debut novel, Boxy an Star, was shortlisted for the 1999 Guardian First Book Award and longlisted for the 1999 Booker Prize. He won first prize in the Nestle Children's Book Prize in 2006. King has lived most of his life in London. Laurence Daren King left school with only one GCSE in English and worked in computing. He went on to take an A level in English, and then studied for a BA in English Literature.

Awards by Daren King

Check all the awards nominated and won by Daren King.

2006


Nestlé Smarties Book Prize
Honored for : Mouse Noses on Toast
(Gold Award, 6-8 years )

Nominations 2006 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Nestlé Smarties Book Prize Mouse Noses on Toast
Gold Award, 6-8 years

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Guardian First Book Award Boxy an Star