Pippa Goodhart

Pippa Goodhart has had more than one hundred and forty books published, ranging from picture books, through early reader books, to middle grade novels. Her best known picture books are the You Choose series illustrated by Nick Sharratt; her best known early readers are the Winnie the Witch storybooks written under the fake name of Laura Owen and illustrated by Korky Paul; and her best known middle grade novel (winner of the Young Quills Award for best historical novel for children) is ‘The Great Sea Dragon Discovery’. Pippa began her book career by working in Heffers Bookshop in Cambridge, becoming manager of its Children’s Bookshop, then worked freelance for the children’s book editors at Oxford University Press, before beginning to write books. She does lots of primary school visits and she also teaches adults who want to write for children.

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