Anne Fine has written numerous highly acclaimed and prize-winning books for children and adults. The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children¿s Book of the Year Award, Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children¿s Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal, Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread Children¿s Book of the Year, and Bill¿s New Frock won a Smarties Prize. Anne Fine was named Children¿s Laureate in 2001 and was awarded an OBE in 2003.