Mimi Thebo

Mimi Thebo
Alma mater
Years active2000–present
Children1
Websitewww.mimithebo.com

Mimi Thebo is an American author and academic based in the West Country, England.[1] Her most recent and most successful books have been for children. Dreaming the Bear was nominated for the 2017 Carnegie Medal[2] named as a 'future classic' by Booktrust[3] and long listed for the 2017 UKLA award.[4] Dreaming the Bear was published by Oxford University Press[5] in the UK in 2016 and would be later published by Wendy Lamb in the USA in 2017.

Previous books included Wipe Out, which was Sunday Times Book of the Week[6] and was adapted for the BBC into a BAFTA Award-Winning film by Barabara Cox. Wipe Out was published in 2002 by HarperCollins, and has been recommended for children suffering from grief by the Marie Curie Trust.[7]

In addition, Thebo was a Senior Lecturer at her alma mater Bath Spa University from 2000 to 2017 and a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Cardiff University from 2014 to 2017. As of 2017, she is a Reader in Creative Writing at the University of Bristol.

Early life and education

Thebo grew up in Lawrence, Kansas and is of Cajun descent. Thebo graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from the University of Kansas in 1985.[8] During her final year, she met her English husband Andy. The couple moved to London in 1992, where Thebo worked as a journalist, marketer and office manager.

Thebo completed a Master of Arts (MA) in Creative Writing at Bath Spa University in 2000 and a PhD at the University of the West of England, Bristol in 2007.[9]

References

  1. ^ mimithebo.net
  2. ^ "The CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Awards". carnegiegreenaway.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. ^ "School Library Pack". booktrust.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  4. ^ "UKLA Book Awards 2017 Longlists". ukla.org. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Oxford University Press: Education and Children's books".
  6. ^ "Children's book of the week - The Sunday Times". thesundaytimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Books about grief for teens". mariecurie.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  8. ^ Rombeck, Terry (25 August 2007). "English novelist tips hat to memories of American Midwest". LJ World. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  9. ^ "Mimi Thebo". Collective Ink. Retrieved 16 May 2025.


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