Francesca Simon declared 4th most borrowed author in annual Public Library Lending Chart

Francesca Simon’s Horrid Henry series continues to be very popular in libraries. With 19,785 loans of her books during the calendar year which ended 16th February 2019, Francesca is the 4th most loaned author.

The top 5 most borrowed authors are:

Julia Donaldson with 46,033 loans

James Patterson with 40,164 loans

David Walliams with 20,062 loans

Francesca with 19,785 loans

Lee Child with 17,647 loans

The data is taken from Nielsen LibScan and was published in The Bookseller magazine on 1st March 2019.

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"