Francesca celebrates the launch of The Monstrous Child

Francesca celebrated the launch of her new book The Monstrous Child with many of her friends and family recently including Steven Butler, Amanda Craig, Cressida Cowell, Meg Rosoff and Dame Jacqueline Wilson.

Francesca (centre), Jacqueline Wilson (left), Amanda Craig (right)

Meg Rosoff (left) and Cressida Cowell (right)

Steven Butler (left), Meg Rosoff (right)

Francesca with publisher, Stephen Page (MD, Faber)

Francesca's husband and their son with Eric Stevens (right)

Francesca’s husband Martin Stamp and their son with friend Eric Stevens (right)

Steven and Francesca often do events together, if you’d like to attend one please head over to the events page.

Fabulous Francesca Facts

"Families are great sources of comedy because they are about people trapped together. Only the parents chose to be there and the rest of you are stuck with these people that you might not necessarily like"

"Nobody feels emotions like children and with Henry, the war is constant and total. Anyone who has lived in a family has these shared experiences - the car journey from hell, nits or vomiting"

"I’ve never met a child who doesn’t love hearing stories. It’s a good way of introducing them to books and it’s a great way of getting them to understand stories that they might not be able to read themselves"

"We all love stories, it all helps making sense of the world"

"Horrid Henry speaks to the impish, rebellious child in all of us"

"My first book was called Papa Forgot and was published in 1993"

"I’ve written over fifty books"

"My birthday is 23rd February"

"I’m a bit scared of the dark"

"My hobbies are reading, cooking and going to the theatre"

"My favourite author is Anthony Trollope"

"My most disliked food is beetroot"

"My favourite colour is aquamarine"

"My favourite food is scallops"