About this item
Pippa Goodhart began writing when her children were born, and first novel, Flow (Mammoth), was published in 1994. She has worked as a primary school teacher and manager of Heffers Children's Bookshop. She is the author of numerous picture books, early readers, and novels, including Ginny's Egg (Mammoth, 1996), which was shortlisted for the Young Telegraph Book of the Year. Her other titles for young readers include Happy Sad (Blue Banana series, Mammoth, 1999) Hamper's Great Escape, Snooty Prune, Me and My Newt, Sinister Ella and The House With No Name. John Kelly has illustrated a number of children's books, including both fictional and non-fictional titles. Originally from Stockton-on-Tees, he has lived in London for a number of years. He enjoys working with both traditional materials and with computer-generated art.
About the Author
Pippa lives just outside Cambridge. Having started work in the book world as a sixteen year old doing a Saturday job in Heffers Bookshop, she went on to become a publisher's reader, a writer, and a teacher of writing for children. She has written over a hundred books for children. Shortlisted for numerous awards, she won the Historical Association's Young Quills Award for best MG children's historical novel 2019, won Mumsnet's Book of the Year for 3-4 Year Olds, and York Libraries 'Best Picture Book Ever' awards with her picture book 'You Choose', illustrated by Nick Sharratt. She also writes under the name of Laura Owen when writing the Winnie the Witch storybooks. She enjoys working with primary school children on author visits. See her website: www.pippagoodhart.co.uk School visits can be booked direct or via Authors Aloud or Contact An Author. Twitter: @pippagoodhart
