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Jenny Nimmo
Jenny Nimmo had a lonely childhood. She was an only child and
her father died when she was five so there was just her and her
mother at home. She grew up on her uncle's free-range chicken farm
surrounded by chickens.
Jenny was sent away to boarding school when she was
only six. She hated it, but was happier after the age of 11, when
she went to a secondary school where she was encouraged to become
an actress. Her guardian's wife was the famous dancer, Dame Ninette
de Valois, so she was taken to the ballet a lot too.
At school, Jenny was quiet but also quite naughty. She
loved to make people laugh, and was always sending up the teachers
by imitating their mannerisms. Jenny was the long jump champion of
her school for three years running!
Jenny has always loved reading and writing. She read
all the books in the junior school library and had to beg
permission to join the senior school library when she was only
nine. The librarian wore a key on a string around her neck and had
to unlock the door especially for Jenny! Her own stories were often
violent and, if she could, there was always a dead body in them!
Jenny used to entertain her school friends by telling creepy
stories after lights out in the dormitory.
Jenny now lives in an old water mill in a remote part
of Wales with her husband, who is an artist, and her three
children. She can only start her writing when she has fed all the
chickens, rabbits and cats! She writes in a soft, 3B pencil and
rewrites and edits as she goes along. When she's sure she has made
all the changes, she lets her husband read the story and then types
it up for her publisher on an old typewriter.
Milo's Wolves
Milo and Mary tell their children that they have a long-lost brother. But their daughter Laura knows that the strange boy who has come to live with them is not an ordinary brother. What is the strange aura that haunts him and what does the sinister Society of Angels want from him? Laura finds that she must fight the wolves to discover the truth. (12+)
Published by Egmont Books Limited
Griffin's Castle
The home Gomer offers Dinah and her mother seems like a haven at first, but gradually Dinah realises that if Gomer gets his way, everything will change. Dinah enlists the help of the magical animals embedded in the walls of the castle as she tries to break though the fierce forces which surround her. (11+)
Published by Egmont Books Limited
Tatty Apple
Tatty Apple is no ordinary rabbit. To start with he's magical, mischievous - and green! Together, Owen-Owen and Tatty Apple get up to all kinds of tricks and, somehow, it's always Owen-Owen who gets the blame! (9+)
Published by Egmont Books Limited
The Snow Spider
Gwyn's grandmother gives him five strange gifts for his birthday: a piece of seaweed, a yellow scarf, a tin whistle, a twisted metal brooch and a small broken horse. What can they all mean and what should he do with them? Gradually Gwyn's adventure unfolds revealing the magical purpose of the gifts. (10+)
Published by Egmont Books Limited
The Rinaldi Ring
Eliot is sent to stay with his cousins after the death of his mother. But there are strange forces around Eliot and he soon gets caught up in a tragic story of a lost love. Can Eliot in the present right the wrong done in the past? (12+)
Published by Egmont Books Limited
Delilah and the Dogspell
Delilah is no ordinary cat. She has special powers, particularly dangerous to dogs that make the mistake of getting too close. After dark, when the humans are asleep, Delilah becomes Queen. But Delilah's spell goes just a little too far; someone must teach her a lesson. (8+)
Published by Egmont Books Limited
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