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Harrison was born and raised in [[Grays]], [[Essex]], England.<!--one source is Ext link Simon & S--> After studying illustration at [[University of Staffordshire|Staffordshire University]], Harrison worked as a barmaid, in an art gallery, as a children's bookseller, and as an assistant editor for a children's book publisher.{{cn}} She now writes full-time and lives in [[Oxfordshire]].{{cn}} |
Harrison was born and raised in [[Grays]], [[Essex]], England.<!--one source is Ext link Simon & S--> After studying illustration at [[University of Staffordshire|Staffordshire University]], Harrison worked as a barmaid, in an art gallery, as a children's bookseller, and as an assistant editor for a children's book publisher.{{cn|date=May 2019}} She now writes full-time and lives in [[Oxfordshire]].{{cn|date=May 2019}} |
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Michelle Marie Harrison (born 21 December 1979) is a British writer whose debut novel, The 13 Treasures, won the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize[1] and has been sold for translation in 17 countries. The 13 Treasures is the first part of a trilogy, which has continued with The 13 Curses and The 13 Secrets. Her fourth novel and first book for young adults is Unrest, a ghost story published by Simon & Schuster in 2012.
Biography
Harrison was born and raised in Grays, Essex, England. After studying illustration at Staffordshire University, Harrison worked as a barmaid, in an art gallery, as a children's bookseller, and as an assistant editor for a children's book publisher.[citation needed] She now writes full-time and lives in Oxfordshire.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Pauli, Michelle (18 February 2009). "Debut author Michelle Harrison takes Waterstone's children's book prize". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
External links
- Official website
- Harrison at Twitter
- Harrison at Facebook
- Biography and video conversation about Unrest at publisher Simon & Schuster
- Michelle Harrison at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Michelle Harrison at Library of Congress, with 3 library catalogue records
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- 1979 births
- English children's writers
- English fantasy writers
- Ghost story writers
- People from Grays
- Living people
- British women children's writers
- 21st-century English novelists
- 21st-century British women writers
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers
- Alumni of Staffordshire University
- British children's writer stubs