I love writing for children, and have been writing since I was seven. I began my publishing “career” at the age of seven and a half with a story about a dame (blame Enid Blyton for that) who hated plants. I went on to mice who turned into fairies and pixies who never drove or gave away their cars.

A little older now, I have two collections of short stories, five middle-grade novels, three chapter books, four picture books, two series of books on trains, plus stories and essays here and there. 

I also run online book clubs and creative writing programmes for children and teenagers. As a rule, new editions of my book club for ages seven and eight, and Read, Write, Explore for ages nine and ten begin every alternate month. My writing programmes are three months long and are conducted twice a year – April to June, and October to December. 

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