Sylvia Waugh

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-10-23

Sylvia Waugh (1935-2022), whose surname is pronounced like cough, was a British writer of children's books, born in Gateshead, County Durham, in 1935. She taught English at a local school for many years before giving up teaching to devote her time to writing. Her first novel, The Mennyms (1993), about a family of life-size rag dolls living secretly in an English neighbourhood, won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and was continued as a series of five books, illustrated by Patrick Benson, to Mennyms Alive (1996). She then wrote the Ormingat trilogy, Space Race (2000), Earthborn (2002) and Who Goes Home? (2003). She had three children and two grandsons, and died on 6 March 2022.

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Books

• The Mennyms (1993) · The Mennyms Core Canon
• Mennyms in the Wilderness (1994) · The Mennyms Core Canon
• Mennyms Under Siege (1995) · The Mennyms Core Canon
• Mennyms Alive (1996) · The Mennyms Core Canon
• Mennyms Alone (1996) · The Mennyms Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 5 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 1 (1 won)

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