Jenny Nimmo
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Jenny Nimmo is a British author of numerous books for children, including many fantasy and adventure novels, beginning reader books, and several picture books. Her series of interest to current readers is the Children of the Red King series in which the main character Charlie Bone's magical talent embroils him in the sinister intrigues of his new school.
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[edit] Childhood
An article on Nimmo in Contemporary Authors Online states that she was born in 1942 in Windsor, Berkshire, England. She was an only child, and her father died when she was only five. According to a short article by the American publisher of the series, Nimmo was a voracious reader as a child, which led her to write her own stories to share with friends.
[edit] Career
After working for a time in theater, Nimmo worked for several years with the BBC. Part of that time was spent adapting other writers' stories for television. In 1974, she married David Wynn Millward, an artist and illustrator, and eventually had three children. She currently lives in Wales, sharing her time between writing, and helping her husband with a summer art school.
[edit] Works
Children of the Red King is a series of five books, published in the United States by Scholastic and by Egmont in England.
[edit] References
- "Jenny Nimmo". (Entry updated 23 February 2004) Contemporary Authors Online. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. Retrieved via Biography Resource Center via Jackson Library, University of North Carolina Greensboro 22 January 2006.
- "New Charlie Bone trilogy for Egmont". (29 July 2005) The Bookseller, p.15. Retrieved via InfoTrac 22 January 2006.
- Scholastic. "Book Central: Jenny Nimmo". Retrieved 22 January 2006.
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