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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.
Letters from the Lighthouse
Strange Star
The Snow Sister
In Darkling Wood
The Girl Who Walked On Air
Frost Hollow Hall
The Somerset Tsunami
Secrets of a Sun King
When we were Warriors
Escape to the River Sea
The Week at World's End
The Tale of Truthwater Lake
It's the Winter Solstice today - the shortest day of the year. Read Frost Hollow Hall by Emma Carroll from Faber & Faber.
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The countdown begins, get into the spirit with The Snow Sister by Emma Carroll. Published by Faber & Faber.
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Loving In Darkling Wood by Emma Carroll from Faber & Faber.
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When we were Warriors is a wonderful book for your children. Published by Faber & Faber.
You should read Strange Star by Emma Carroll. Published by Faber & Faber.
Ghosts, witches, black cats, monsters, wizards, vampires and zombies - they'll all be out tonight! Why not read this brilliantly spooky read. Frost Hollow Hall by Emma Carroll from Faber & Faber.
Books can be so much fun, why not share this one Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll from Faber & Faber
Books can be so much fun, why not share this one Escape to the River Sea by Emma Carroll from Macmillan Children's Books
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