Client details
Beverley Birch
Children's Author
| Jodie Marsh | +44 (0) 20 3214 0891 |
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Beverley’s latest novel is Rift, a mystery thriller set in Africa, nominated for the Carnegie Medal, shortlisted for the Southern Schools Book Award and two international awards, and longlisted for many others. Author of over 40 books, including novels, picture books, biographies, retellings of classic works, and collaborations with her husband, photographer Nick Birch, her books have been translated into a dozen languages. She is also editor of some of the most outstanding children’s writers, commissioning fiction for Hodder Children’s Books. Her novels include The Keeper of the Gate, a time-travel story set in Africa, a ghost story, Sea Hawk Sea Moon and The Night of the Fire Lilies, set against the background of the Calabrian Mafia. She has just finished a new African mystery thriller for Egmont, SIRI, to be published next year. |
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| SHAKESPEARE'S STORIES 2008 Hodder Children's Books | "True to the power and poetry of the original plays, these dramatic retellings will help attract the reluctant and the intimidated to the pleasures of Shakespeare." Booklist |
| SHAKESPEARE'S TALES 2008 Hodder Children's Books | "True to the power and poetry of the original plays, these dramatic retellings will help attract the reluctant and the intimidated to the pleasures of Shakespeare." Booklist |
| RIFT 2008 Egmont | "Set in Africa, this is a fragmented enigma, the story of a school trip gone mysteriously wrong, with not only several students but also a journalist gone missing in a wild, rocky region . . . stylized, sophisticated, and richly atmospheric." The Telegraph |
