Berlie Doherty Born in Knotty Ash, Liverpool, Berlie Doherty is the youngest of three children. She has been a social worker, a journalist, a teacher, and, for the past fifteen years, a writer.Berlie has twice won the prestigious Carnegie Medal, for 'Grannie was a uffer Girl' in 1987 and for 'Dear Nobody' in 1992. She lives in the Derbyshire Peak District. Read More Read Less