Talk:Jenny Nimmo

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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 eries of 8 books (5 of which are out right now), published in the United States by Scholastic and by Egmont in England.

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