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Hilary McKay won the Guardian Children's Award with her first novel, The Exiles. Her subsequent work has achieved similar recognition - The Exiles at Home won the Smarties Prize and Saffy's Angel won the Whitbread. A graduate of Botany and Zoology from St Andrews University, Hilary now writes full-time. She lives in Derbyshire with her husband and two children. When not writing Hilary loves walking, reading, having friends to stay and receiving letters from children.
 

Genres: Children's Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
August 2024

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Rosa By Starlight
 
Series
Exiles
   1. The Exiles (1991)
   2. The Exiles at Home (1993)
   Exiles in Love (1996)
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Porridge Hall
   1. Dog Friday (1994)
   2. Amber Cat (1997)
   3. Dolphin Luck (1998)
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Casson Family
   1. Saffy's Angel (2001)
   2. Indigo's Star (2003)
   3. Permanent Rose (2005)
   4. Caddy Ever After (2006)
   5. Forever Rose (2007)
   6. Caddy's World (2011)
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Lulu
   1. The Duck in the Park (2011)
   2. The Dog from the Sea (2011)
   3. The Cat in the Bag (2011)
   4. The Rabbit Next Door (2012)
   5. The Hedgehog in the Rain (2012)
   6. The Hamster in the Night (2013)
   7. The Caterpillars (2014)
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Binny
   1. Binny for Short (2013)
   2. Binny in Secret (2014)
   3. Binny Bewitched (2016)
   The Binny Collection (2020)
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Novels
   Happy and Glorious (1996)
   Practically Perfect (1996)
   Pirates Ahoy (1999)
   There's a Dragon Downstairs (2003)
   Rose's Flying Feeling (2005)
   Swop! (2005)
   Dragon! (2006)
   The Story of Bear (2007)
   Amazing! (2008)
   Wishing for Tomorrow (2009)
   Roman Britain (2015)
   The Skylarks' War (2018)
   The Time of Green Magic (2019)
   The Swallows' Flight (2021)
   Jodie (2023)
   Rosa By Starlight (2024)
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Collections
   We're Having a Party! (2013) (with others)
   Fairy Tales (2017)
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Picture Books show
 
Chapter Books show
 
Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Hilary McKay recommends
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The Island at the Edge of Night (2024)
Lucy Strange
"Dazzling, endearing, unputdownable, green-magical. A gorgeous book."
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Yours From the Tower (2023)
Sally Nicholls
"I loved this book. An unputdownable friendship story told in letters so vivid and immersive that I felt like joining in with the correspondence."
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Finding Wonder (2023)
Lauren St John
"A glorious detective adventure, lifted to a whole new level by the passionate, intricate, totally immersive detail of the storytelling. Loved it, got lost in it, one for the dreamers."

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Awards
Costa Children's Book Award Best Book winner (2018) : The Skylarks' War


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