FRANCESCA SIMON

Brief Biography

I was born in St Louis, Missouri, grew up in Los Angeles and attended both Yale and Oxford Universities, where I specialised in Medieval Studies.  I then threw away a lucrative career as a medievalist and worked as a freelance journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, Telegraph, and Vogue.

After my son Joshua was born in 1989, I started writing children’s books full time.

I have published over 40 books, including the immensely popular HORRID HENRY series, which has now sold over four million copies.  HORRID HENRY is published in 17 countries and will be an animation series sometime in 2006.

I live in London with my husband, son, and Tibetan Spaniel called Shanti.
 

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