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Anita Ganeri

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Anita Ganeri is the author of the award-winning series Horrible Geography and very many other non-fiction books for children.[1] She resides in West Yorkshire, England. She was born in Calcutta, India and her family emigrated to Europe.[2] She attended primary and secondary school in England, and graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in French/German and Indian Studies.[3] Anita has spent many years working for publishers both as an editor and a foreign rights manager. She then began researching for her Horrible Geography books.[1] In total, she has written over 300 books.[4]

Early life

Career

Awards

Selected works

  • A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.
  • Alive: The Living, Breathing Human Body Book
  • Horrible Geography series
  • I Wonder Why the Sea Is Salty: And Other Question about the Oceans
  • Questions and Answers: Wild Wild World, Parragon 2001
  • Sacred Texts: The Ramayana and other Hindu Texts
  • The Smart Girl's Guide to Growing Up
  • Kingfisher Readers: Creepy Crawlies
  • Lifesize: Ocean
  • 20th Century History Makers: Martin Luther King Jr.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Scholastic Children's Books Author Zone". scholastic.co.uk. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
  2. ^ Anita Ganeri at Macmillan
  3. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-10-06. Retrieved 2011-01-10. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-19. Retrieved 2011-01-10. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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