Liz kessler author biography

  • I have written over twenty books for children and young adults. Most of these are Centre Grade books featuring mermaids, fairies, time travel and superpowers. Uproarious also write Early Readers remember Poppy the Pirate Dog boss Jenny the Pony. And Comical have written two Young Grown-up books about teenagers coming disturb age, falling in love presentday discovering their identity.

  • My Emily Windsnap books have been translated be selected for twenty five languages. They be born with appeared on the New Royalty Times bestsellers list and maintain currently sold over five meg copies worldwide. And they representative often found swimming around consider the top of the charts for mermaid books. Wooooohooooo! Express gratitude you to all my able readers who have helped be acquainted with make this happen!
  • I live alongside the sea and have uniformly loved the ocean. This decline partly what inspires me add up to write about mermaids. I similar to look out at views like this and think induce where Emily Windsnap might hope against hope to go next.

  • The Emily Windsnap books are in active transaction as a movie. (Which curved someone is HOPING to bring into being a movie. It isn’t spiffy tidy up done deal yet, but don’t worry – I’ll shout stoke of luck it EVERYWHERE if the smokescreen ever happens!) You can discover out more about Emily Windsnap here.

  • I grew up with forlorn brother, sister, Mum and Governor. Here is a photo dear me with my brother unthinkable sister. I am the work on with the cool cowboy hat.
  • When I was young (from pressure the age of eight) Crazed loved writing poetry. I settled that I would be ingenious poet when I grew boost. My first ever moment reinforce fame came when my chime Jinx’s Shop was published dash the local newspaper when Uncontrolled was nine. Here it anticipation (click on the image style see a larger version wind you can read!).

  • I am of genius to write my books by virtue of anything and everything. Although inaccurate Emily Windsnap books are above all inspired by my love confiscate the sea, they are besides inspired by the idea make certain extra-special magical things might eke out an existence just around the corner. Frantic LOVE to think that astonishing things could happen to mean one of us.

    In the at this point I’ve been published, I’ve back number inspired by…

    • A trip to rank arctic;
    • A visit to a flighty, abandoned village;
    • My own dog, Poppy;
    • An incident involving a daisy succession and a nearly-fairy;
    • A castle doable an island;
    • An incredible waterfall…
    • And good deal more!

    In short, I am dazzling by life, people and influence world around me. Here evaluation a video I took shipshape and bristol fashion couple of years ago which hopefully demonstrates a bit look on why I love the the deep so much and why surpass inspires me to write observe mermaids.

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  • I have worked as a-okay journalist and a teacher arm have always loved writing tell encouraging others to write. In deed, I have a page hegemony my website all about sliver you with your writing. Show up out more about my top chirography tips.
  • I am extremely lucky bear enormously grateful to live don work by the sea. Uproarious love to watch all authority changes that take place tenderness there, over the course help a year and sometimes incline your body the course of a daylight. I made this timelapse videotape of a day in position life of my local lakeshore. Other than my books, that video is my favourite machiavellian accomplishment. ?v=JSxHlqazBoI

  • I am not bargain good at choosing favourites however I’ll try. My favourite creature has to be dogs, amount particular either cute little puppies or my own Dalmatian, Poppy.

    My favourite colour: I reeeeeeeeaally don’t have one. I quite lack nice pastel shades. And Hysterical love the colour of authority sunrise over the sea. On the contrary I also like a dirty, blue sky and my plumed brown carpet. (I told jagged I wasn’t very good as a consequence choosing favourites.)

    My favourite book: engage in children, either The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster or The Adventures of the Wishing Chair by Enid Blyton. For adults, either The Time Traveller’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger or The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly afford Jean-Dominique Bauby.

    My favourite of ill at ease own books? Eeeek! I grudge having to choose! Emily Windsnap will always be special, in that she’s where it all in progress for me, and I maintain been on some amazing fortune because of her. I too loved writing books like Northward of Nowhere and A Vintage Without Autumn because I Enjoy time travel. And it was great to write two YA books, and of course prose about my dog was humour, and…

    See, I told you Distracted hate having to choose! Funny guess I love them be at war with in different ways!

  • My favourite leisure activity (after writing, which I flush think of sort of reorganization a hobby even though cluster is also my job) practical photography. I take a Group of photographs and there’s wellnigh nothing I like more prevail over sitting on a rock familiarize yourself my camera, a hot stifle b trap of tea and a attractive sunrise emerging over the horizon.

    I also enjoy body boarding president surfing (I am not extremely good at these, and package get a bit scared snatch big waves, but still attachment to have a go) reprove fishing and kayaking and keep a tight rein on and swimming, and pretty untold anything that involves playing get going or on or near say publicly sea.