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Francesca Simon

Francesca Simon

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24 featured booksFrancesca Simon

Francesca Isabella Simon MBE (born 23 February 1955) is an American-born British author who resides in North London. She is most famous for writing the Horrid Henry series of children's books. Simon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. She grew up in California and studied at Yale and Jesus College, Oxford, where she majored in medieval studies and Old English. Simon worked as a journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, The Daily Telegraph and Vogue (US). Simon was inspired to write by Anthony Trollope. After she gave birth to her son, Joshua, in 1989, she began to write children's books full-time. Simon is one of the UK's best-selling children's writers; she has published over 50 different books, including her most popular series Horrid Henry series, which has sold over 25 million copies, and has been translated into 24 languages. Simon lives in London with her husband, Martin, and her son. Their Tibetan spaniel, Shanti, is memorialized in the short story "Shanti" that Simon wrote for inclusion in the Paws and Whiskers anthology by fellow author Jacqueline Wilson published in February 2014. In the spring of 2019 the Royal Opera House staged an opera based on Simon's book The Monstrous Child, about the Norse god of the dead, Hel, as an angry teenager. The opera is composed by Gavin Higgins with libretto by Simon.

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    Francesca Simon

  • Personal name

    Francesca Simon

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  • Horrid Henrys Rainy Day

    Representative edition published 2022

    Open Work
  • Horrid Henry's Mother's Day (Early Reader)

    Representative edition published 2022

    Open Work
  • Two Terrible Vikings

    Representative edition published 2022

    Open Work
  • Two Terrible Vikings and Grunt the Berserker

    Representative edition published 2022

    Open Work
  • Horrid Henry

    Representative edition published 2022

    Open Work
  • Gbur Żelazna Czaszka

    Representative edition published 2022

    Open Work
  • Horrid Henry's Christmas ambush

    Representative edition published 2021

    Open Work
  • Horrid Henry : Big Book of Boredom Busters

    Representative edition published 2021

    Open Work
  • Pecyn Henri Helynt 2

    Representative edition published 2021

    Open Work
  • Keçi Kafe

    Representative edition published 2021

    Open Work
  • Horrid Henry's Nightmare

    Representative edition published 2019

    Open Work
  • Horrid Henry's Cannibal Curse

    Representative edition published 2019

    Open Work
  • Horrid Henry's Krazy ketchup

    Representative edition published 2019

    Open Work
  • Koszmarny Karolek i odlot z polotem

    Representative edition published 2019

    Open Work
  • Koszmarny Karolek. Paskudne początki

    Representative edition published 2019

    Open Work
  • The Goat Café

    Representative edition published 2019

    Open Work
  • hoffman khera

    Representative edition published 2019

    Open Work
  • Horrid Henry's annual 2015

    Representative edition published 2019

    Open Work
  • Horrid Henry's Injection

    Representative edition published 2019

    Open Work
  • Horrid Henry : up, up and Away

    Representative edition published 2019

    Open Work
  • Horrid Henry's Hike

    Representative edition published 2018

    Open Work
  • Horrid Henry And The Zombie Vampire

    Representative edition published 2018

    Open Work
  • Horrid Henry's school fair

    Representative edition published 2018

    Open Work
  • Horrid Henry School's Out

    Representative edition published 2018

    Open Work