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Jenny Nimmo


UK flag (b.1944)

Jenny Nimmo was born in Windsor, Berkshire, England and educated at boarding schools in Kent and Surrey from the age of six until the age of sixteen, when she ran away from school to become a drama student/assistant stage manager with Theater South East. She graduated and acted in repertory theater in various towns and cities: Eastbourne, Tunbridge Wells, Brighton, Hastings, and Bexhill.

She left Britain to teach English to three Italian boys in Almafi, Italy. On her return, she joined the BBC, first as a picture researcher, then as an assistant floor manager, studio manager (news) then finally a director/adaptor with Jackanory (a BBC storytelling program for children). She left BBC to marry a Welsh artist David Wynn Millward and went to live in Wales in her husband's family home. They live in a very old converted watermill, and the river is constantly threatening to break in, as it has done several times in the past, most dramatically on her youngest child's first birthday. During the summer they run a residential school of art, and she has to move her office, put down tools (type-writer and pencil, and don an apron and cook! They have three grown-up children, Myfawny, Ianto, and Gwenwyfar.
 

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Children's Fiction
 
Series
Magician Trilogy
   1. The Snow Spider (1986)
   2. Emlyn's Moon (1987)
     aka Orchard of the Crescent Moon
   3. The Chestnut Soldier (1989)
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Children of the Red King
   1. Midnight for Charlie Bone (2002)
   2. Charlie Bone and the Time Twister (2002)
   3. Charlie Bone and the Blue Boa (2004)

     aka Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy

   4. Charlie Bone and the Castle of Mirrors (2005)
   5. Charlie Bone and the Hidden King (2006)
   6. Charlie Bone and the Wilderness Wolf (2007)

     aka Charlie Bone and the Beast

   7. Charlie Bone and the Shadow of Badlock (2008)

     aka Charlie Bone and the Shadow

   8. Charlie Bone and the Red Knight (2009)
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Novels
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Collections
   Out of This World (2000) (with others)
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Series contributed to
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Picture Books show
 
Graphic Novels show
 
Chapter Books show
 
Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Jenny Nimmo recommends
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Mirrorscape (2007)
(Mirrorscape, book 1)
Mike Wilks
"An endearing hero, a cast of incredible characters and a plot that will keep you breathlessly turning the pages. The world of Mirrorscape is magical and enthralling."

Anthologies containing stories by Jenny Nimmo
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Half-Minute Horrors (2011)
Instant Frights from the World's Most Astonishing Authors and Artists
edited by
Susan Rich

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