The Saga of Erik the Viking by Terry Jones, illus. Michael Foreman (Pavilion) 1983 The BFG by Roald Dahl, illus. Quentin Blake (Jonathan Cape) 1982 Fair's Fair by Leon Garfield (Macdonald Young Books) 1981 Mister Magnolia by Quentin Blake (Jonathan Cape) Winners of multiple awards Prior to winning the 2012 Red House Award, Overall, A Monster Calls was named the 2011 British Children's Book of the Year. Subsequently, Ness and Kay as writer and illustrator won both annual children's book awards from the professional librarians, the Carnegie Medal and Greenaway Medal; that double award alone was an unprecedented sweep. In fact, no previous Children's/Red House Award winner (Overall) has won the Carnegie Medal and only one has won the Greenaway Medal for illustration: the inaugural Children's winner Mr Magnolia (Jonathan Cape, 1980), written and illustrated by Quentin Blake. Authors with multiple Children's/Red House awards Michael Morpurgo has won four Overall awards for Kensuke's Kingdom in 2000, Private Peaceful in 2004, Shadow in 2011 and An Eagle in the Snow in 2017. He has also won category awards for The Wreck of the Zanzibar in 1996 and Out of Ashes in 2002. Four other authors have won two Overall awards: Roald Dahl 1983, 1989 Robert Swindells 1985, 1990 Jacqueline Wilson 1993, 1996 J. K. Rowling 1998, 1999 J. K. Rowling won the Long Novel category four years in succession, 1998 to 2001, for the first four Harry Potter books. See also Notes References Citations Red House Children's Book Award (RHCBA). Retrieved 2012-09-23. Select from the left menu. External links Red House Children's Book Award at Booktrust British children's literary awards Picture book awards 1981 establishments in the United Kingdom Awards established in 1981