Biography
Jeanne Willis wrote her first book when she was five years old and hasn’t stopped writing since. She has now written over eighty titles, including picture books, novels and television scripts. She has also won numerous awards, including the Children's Book Award, The Sheffield Children's Book Award and the Silver Smarties Prize. Her teen novel, Naked Without a Flat, was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award in 2004. She writes with her pet rat keeping her company and often takes inspiration from dreams and interesting conversations with strangers.
Interview
When were you born?
5th November in the year of the Pig
What’s your favourite book?
Charlotte’s Web
What’s your favourite film?
Arsenic and Old Lace
What’s your favourite song?
Golden Slumbers (a lullaby)
What’s your most treasured possession?
My granddad’s tie clip
When did you start writing?
I was five (still got the books I wrote)
Where do your ideas and inspirations come from?
Everywhere; overheard conversations, dreams, funny facts
Bibliography
- The Bog Baby
- Puffin
- Paperback: May 01 2008
- 3 - 5 years
- There's an Ouch in my Pouch!
- Puffin
- Paperback: Mar 06 2008
- 3 - 5 years
- Delilah Darling is in the Library
- Puffin
- Paperback: Jun 07 2007
- 2 - 5 years
- Bottoms Up!
- Puffin
- Paperback: Mar 05 2009
- 5 - 8 years
- The King of Tiny Things
- Puffin
- Paperback: Feb 04 2010
- 3 - 5 years
- Sing a Song of Bottoms!
- Puffin
- Paperback: Jun 03 2010
- 8 - 12 years
- Silly Cecil and Clever Cubs (Pocket Money Puffin)
- Puffin
- Paperback: May 06 2010
- 8 - 12 years
- Sing a Song of Bottoms!
- Puffin
- Board book: Mar 05 2015
- 0 - 3 years
- The Wheels on the Bus
- Puffin
- Paperback: May 03 2012
- 0 - 3 years
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