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Once told by poet Ted Hughes her writing was ‘dangerous’, it took Emma Carroll twenty years of English teaching and a life-changing cancer diagnosis to feel brave enough to give her dream of being an author a try.Nowadays, she’s a bestselling author and the 'Queen of Historical Fiction' (BookTrust). She has been nominated for and the winner of numerous national, regional and schools awards – including the Books Are My Bag Readers' Award, Branford Boase, CILIP Carnegie Medal, Young Quills, Teach Primary and the Waterstones Book Prize. Emma is one of very few authors to have been Waterstones Book of the Month twice. Emma’s home is in the Somerset hills with her husband and two terriers. She still can’t believe her luck that she gets to write dangerous books for a living.
The Somerset Tsunami
Escape to the River Sea
The Week at World's End
The Tale of Truthwater Lake
Letters from the Lighthouse
Strange Star
The Snow Sister
In Darkling Wood
The Girl Who Walked On Air
Frost Hollow Hall
Secrets of a Sun King
When we were Warriors
Seeing as it's Friday why not get the family weekend ready with Escape to the River Sea by Emma Carroll from Macmillan Children's Books
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Do you have one? Read Letters from the Lighthouse by Emma Carroll from Faber & Faber with your kids to get ready for #NationalSiblingsDay
2 days ago
It's #NationalSiblingsDay so why not read The Tale of Truthwater Lake by Emma Carroll from Faber & Faber
The Tale of Truthwater Lake by Emma Carroll from Faber & Faber is a great holiday read!
3 days ago
Today is the day to read this brilliant book (not that you needed an excuse!), The Girl Who Walked On Air by Emma Carroll from Faber & Faber.
10 days ago
Today is the day to read this brilliant book (not that you needed an excuse!), Escape to the River Sea by Emma Carroll from Macmillan Children's Books.
Secrets of a Sun King... A book that will get anyone reading! By Emma Carroll from Faber & Faber.
On this day in 1881, PT Barnum and James A Bailey formed the Greatest Show on Earth. A good time to read The Girl Who Walked On Air by Emma Carroll. Published by Faber & Faber.
15 days ago
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