Francesca Simon
, b. 1955
Francesca Simon was born in the US and currently lives in London. She is the author of the popular series, Horrid Henry. According to Simon, she spent her childhood on the beach in California, and then went to Yale and Oxford Universities to study medieval history and literature. She has written over 50 children’s books and won The Children's Book of The Year at the Galaxy British Book Awards for Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman in 2008, as well as a Gold Blue Peter badge in 2009.
She worked for 12 years as a freelance arts journalist, writing for the Sunday times, and The Guardian amongst others. Francesca wrote her first children's book in 1989 and has gone from strength to strength ever since. She lives in London with her husband and son.
Sources:
Official website (accessed: June 24, 2018).
Review at charlotteslibrary.blogspot.co (accessed: January 17, 2018).
Bio prepared by Allison Rosenblum, Bar-Ilan University, allie.rose89@gmail.com
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