# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/eva-ibbotson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:05:27.661Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/eva-ibbotson"
name: "Eva Ibbotson"
slug: "eva-ibbotson"
description: "Eva Maria Charlotte Michelle Ibbotson was an Austrian-born British novelist, known for her children's literature. Some of her novels for adults have been reissued for the young adult market. The historical novel Journey to the River Sea won her the Smarties Prize in category 9–11 years, garnered an unusual commendation as runner-up for the Guardian Prize, and made the Carnegie, Whitbread, and Blue Peter shortlists. She was a finalist for the 2010 Guardian Prize at the time of her death. Her last book, The Abominables, was among four finalists for the same award in 2012."
tagline: "British children's writer (1925–2010)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/Eva_Ibbotson.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1925-01-21"
deathDate: "2010-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump