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Lynne Reid Banks
LYNNE REID BANKS was born in London in 1929, the only child of a Scottish doctor and an Irish actress. Her education before World War II included two years in a Catholic convent. When war came, Lynne was evacuated to the Canadian prairies. On her return to London in 1945 she studied for...
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M. Evan Wolkenstein
M. Evan Wolkenstein is a Jewish educator, style writer and illustrator. His work has been published in Tablet Magazine and the Washington Post. Evan's debut novel, Turtle Boy, began as an autobiographical comic strip about his experiences growing up with a facial deformity. He li...
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Maggie Harcourt
Like Limpet, Steffan and Jared, Maggie Harcourt was born and raised in Wales, where she grew up dreaming of summer road trips and telling stories for a living. As well as studying Medieval Literature at UCL, Maggie has variously worked as a PA, a hotel chambermaid and for a French chef before...
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Malcolm McNeill
Malcolm McNeill was born in England in 1976 and grew up in Scotland. Since then he has travelled widely in the world, but recently decided it would be best to return to his roots. The Beginning Woods is his debut novel. He currently lives in Edinburgh.
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Malcolm Rose
Malcolm Rose was born in Coventry and began his career as a research scientist. He started writing stories while studying for his DPhil degree in chemistry, as a means of escape from everyday life. He is now a full-time writer best known for his gripping science-based thrillers and foren...
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Malorie Blackman
Malorie Blackman had a variety of jobs before she became a full time writer and spent many years working as a Database Manager for Reuters travelling extensively within Europe and the United States. After 82 rejection letters, her first novel, Not So Stupid!, was a selected title for th...
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Mandy Stanley
Mandy Stanley was born in Lowestoft, Suffolk. She completed a Foundation Art course at Great Yarmouth College of Art and Design and then a Fashion degree at Nottingham Trent University, before beginning a successful career designing baby clothes and award-winning toys for high street stores. A...
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Maria V Snyder
Maria V. Snyder grew up in Pennsylvania in the US and trained as a meteorologist - because she loved the idea of chasing storms - before becoming a novelist with the New York Times best-selling Study Series (Poison Study, Magic Study and Fire Study) about a young woman who becomes a poison tas...
