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Celia Rees
(b.1949)Celia Rees is an English author of children's literature, including some horror and fantasy books.
She was born in Solihull, West Midlands but now lives in Leamington Spa with her husband and teenage daughter. Rees attended University of Warwick and earned a degree in History of Politics. After university, she taught English in Coventry secondary schools for seventeen years, during which time she began to write.
During her time in teaching she asked several of her pupils why they would not read the books they were given and what they wanted to read about. The pupils said that they wanted books with action, horror, danger, magic and pirates.
She was born in Solihull, West Midlands but now lives in Leamington Spa with her husband and teenage daughter. Rees attended University of Warwick and earned a degree in History of Politics. After university, she taught English in Coventry secondary schools for seventeen years, during which time she began to write.
During her time in teaching she asked several of her pupils why they would not read the books they were given and what they wanted to read about. The pupils said that they wanted books with action, horror, danger, magic and pirates.
Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy
Series
H.A.U.N.T.S.
1. H Is for Haunting (1998)
2. A Is for Apparition (1998)
3. U Is for Unbeliever (1998)
4. N Is for Nightmare (1998)
5. T Is for Terror (1998)
6. S Is for Shudder (1998)
1. H Is for Haunting (1998)
2. A Is for Apparition (1998)
3. U Is for Unbeliever (1998)
4. N Is for Nightmare (1998)
5. T Is for Terror (1998)
6. S Is for Shudder (1998)
Novels
Every Step You Take (1993)
The Bailey Game (1994)
Ghost Chamber (1997)
The Soul Taker (1997)
Truth or Dare (2000)
The Cunning Man (2000)
The Truth Out There (2000)
Blood Sinister (2002)
City of Shadows (2002)
The Host Rides Out (2002)
The Vanished (2003)
A Trap in Time (2003)
Pirates! (2003)
The Wish House (2005)
The Stone Testament (2007)
Sovay (2008)
The Fool's Girl (2010)
This Is Not Forgiveness (2011)
Glass Town Wars (2018)
Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook (2020)
aka Miss Graham's War
The Bailey Game (1994)
Ghost Chamber (1997)
The Soul Taker (1997)
Truth or Dare (2000)
The Cunning Man (2000)
The Truth Out There (2000)
Blood Sinister (2002)
City of Shadows (2002)
The Host Rides Out (2002)
The Vanished (2003)
A Trap in Time (2003)
Pirates! (2003)
The Wish House (2005)
The Stone Testament (2007)
Sovay (2008)
The Fool's Girl (2010)
This Is Not Forgiveness (2011)
Glass Town Wars (2018)
Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook (2020)
aka Miss Graham's War
Collections
Celia Rees recommends
Hotel Magnifique (2022)
Emily J Taylor
"It was wonderful to escape into such a rich imaginative world and lose oneself in a story so compelling, I genuinely could not put it down. As dizzyingly inventive as the Hotel itself. A real imaginative tour de force."
The Rose Code (2021)
Kate Quinn
"An intricate play of love, loss, betrayal and redemption, Kate Quinn's novel is every bit as complex and fascinating as the codes being broken at Bletchley Park... Impossibly gripping from start to finish, The Rose Code is a cracking good read!"
Hidden Among Us (2013)
(Hidden Among Us, book 1)
Katy Moran
"A winning combination of mystery and ancient magic."
Anthologies containing stories by Celia Rees
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