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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
Letters from the Lighthouse
Strange Star
The Week at World's End
The Snow Sister
In Darkling Wood
The Girl Who Walked On Air
Frost Hollow Hall
The Tale of Truthwater Lake
Secrets of a Sun King
When we were Warriors
On this day 1923, Howard Carter opened the inner burial chamber of Tutankhamun's tomb, a good time to read Secrets of a Sun King by Emma Carroll.
24 days ago
Make a new friends, discover a new land or just escape in this brilliant story book Strange Star by Emma Carroll from Faber & Faber
1 month ago
Make a new friends, discover a new land or just escape in this brilliant story book Escape to the River Sea by Emma Carroll from Macmillan Children's Books
Reading stories together can be the perfect way to spend quality time with your child. Secrets of a Sun King from Faber & Faber from Emma Carroll is a great one to read together.
With detectives taking over on the television, why not start them young with Frost Hollow Hall a great mystery read! By Emma Carroll from Faber & Faber
2 months ago
Are you going to go in for a dip today? The Snow Sister by Emma Carroll from Faber & Faber is all about swimming!
Loving The Snow Sister this Christmas! By Emma Carroll and published by Faber & Faber.
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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