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Francesca Isabella Simon (born 23 February, 1955) is an American-born British author who resides in North London. She is most famous for writing the Horrid Henry series of children's books.

Francesca Simon
Born	Francesca Isabella Simon (1955-02-23) 23 February 1955 (age 67) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	American
Genre	Children's literature
Notable works	Horrid Henry
Spouse	Martin
Children	1
Parents	Mayo Simon (father)
Relatives	Anne Simon (sister)
Website
francescasimon.com

She is the daughter of screenwriter and playwright Mayo Simon[1] (not to be confused with Simon Mayo, a British radio DJ).

Biography

Simon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. She grew up in California and studied at Yale and Jesus College, Oxford, where she majored in medieval studies and Old English. Simon worked as a journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, The Daily Telegraph and Vogue (US).[2]

Simon was inspired to write by Anthony Trollope.[3] After she gave birth to her son, Joshua, in 1989, she began to write children's books full-time. Simon is one of the UK's best-selling children's writers;[4] she has published over 50 different books, including her most popular series Horrid Henry series, which has sold over 25 million copies, and has been translated into 24 languages.[5][6]

Simon lives in London with her husband, Martin, and her son. Their Tibetan spaniel, Shanti, is memorialized in the short story "Shanti" that Simon wrote for inclusion in the Paws and Whiskers anthology by fellow author Jacqueline Wilson published in February 2014.[7]

In the spring of 2019 the Royal Opera House staged an opera based on Simon's book The Monstrous Child, about the Norse god of the dead, Hel, as an angry teenager. The opera is composed by Gavin Higgins with libretto by Simon.[8]

Selected works

• Horrid Henry series, illustrated by Tony Ross, Orion Books, 1994 to 2015
• Simon, Francesca (1995). The Topsy Turvies. Illustrated by Keren Ludlow (1st ed.). Dial Press. ISBN 978-0803719699.
• Simon, Francesca (2012). The Topsy-Turvies (Early Reader). Illustrated by Emily Bolam. Orion Children's. ISBN 978-1444005127.
• Simon, Francesca (2014). The Lost Gods. Profile Books. ISBN 978-1846685668. – longlisted for the Guardian Prize, 2014
• Simon, Francesca (2017). The Monstrous Child (Paperback ed.). Faber & Faber Children's. ISBN 978-0571330270.
• Simon, Francesca (2017). Hack and Whack. Illustrated by Charlotte Cotterill. Faber & Faber Children's. ISBN 978-0571328710.

Awards

In 2008, Simon won the British Book Award for British Book Award The Children's Book of the Year with Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman. She is the first American to win this award.

References

External links

• Official website
• Francesca Simon at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Francesca Simon at Library of Congress Authorities

На других языках

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- [en] Francesca Simon

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[ru] Саймон, Франческа

Франческа Саймон (англ. Francesca Isabelle Simon, род. 23 февраля 1955 (1955-02-23), Сент-Луис, Миссури, США) — американская писательница, живущая в Лондоне. Получила известность благодаря серии детских книг «Ужасный Генри».

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