| Jeremy Strong | |
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| Born | Jeremy Strong November 18, 1949 Eltham, South East London |
| Occupation | children's author |
| Nationality | English |
| Period | 1978 - present |
| Genres | Children's |
| Notable award(s) | Children's Book Award, Prix Chronos, Sheffield Book Award, Nottingham Big 3 Award, Leicester Book Award, and others |
| Spouse(s) | Gillie Strong |
| Children | adult son and daughter, two step-daughters. |
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Jeremy Strong (born November 18, 1949) is a children's author. He has published 77 children's novels.[1][2] After an eventful childhood[3] Strong left school in 1968 and studied English at York University. He held various vacation jobs, including the infamous bakery where he put the jam in doughnuts. After university he became a junior school teacher[4] and also began his writing career. He left teaching in 1991 and has been writing full time ever since. He visits schools and festivals world wide. His story, THERE'S A VIKING IN MY BED was made into a BBC Children's TV series. A number of his books have won awards.[5]
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