Karen McCombie is a Scottish author of children's books and young adult novels.[1] McCombie has published more than 100 books.[citation needed] In 2021, Waterstones described her as "one of children's fiction's most accomplished authors".[2]
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Life
editMcCombie was born in Aberdeen, Scotland.[citation needed] Growing up, her favorite book series was Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series.[3] McCombie wrote her first book at age 34, at which time she was working as a magazine journalist.[3]
She lives in London with her husband Tom, and their son Eddy.[citation needed]
Series
editAlly's World
edit- The Past, the Present and the Loud, Loud Girl. Scholastic. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4071-1761-4.
- Dates, Double Dates and Big, Big Trouble
- Butterflies, Bullies and Bad, Bad Habits
- Friends, Freak-outs and Very Secret Secrets
- Boys, Brothers and Jelly-Belly Dancing
- Sisters, Super-creeps and Slushy, Gushy Love Songs
- Parties, Predicaments and Undercover Pets
- Tattoos, Tell-tales and Terrible, Terrible Twins
- Mates, Mysteries and Pretty Weird Weirdness
- Daisy, Dad and the Huge, Small Surprise
- Rainbows, Rowan and True, True Romance (?)
- Visitors, Vanishings and Va-Va-Va Voom
- Crushes, Cliques and the Cool, School Trip[4]
- Hassles, Heart-pings!, and Sad, Happy Endings
- Sunshine, Sunburn And Not-So-Sweet-Nothings (Summer special)
- Angels, Arguments and a Furry, Merry Christmas (Christmas special, prequel to main series)
Plus:
- A Guided Tour of Ally's World
- My V. Groovy Ally's World Journal
- Frankie, Peaches and Me
- Sweet-Talking TJ
- Meet The Real World, Rachel
- Truly, Madly Megan
- Amber and the Hot Pepper Jelly
- Twists, Turns and 100% Tilda
- Forever and Ever and Evie
Indie Kidd
edit- How to be Good(ish)
- Oops, I Lost My Best(est) Friends
- Being Grown-Up Is Cool (Not)
- Are We Having Fun Yet? (Hmm?)
- Wow, I’m a Gazillionaire! (I Wish...)
- My Big (Strange) Happy Family
- Me and the School (un)Fair
- I Spy a (Not So) White Lie
Specials:
- My (Most Excellent) Pet Project
- Indie Kidd's (Most Excellent) Best Friend Guide
- Indie Kidd's (Most Excellent) Guide to Fun for Free
Sadie Rocks!
edit- Happiness, And All That Stuff
- Deep Joy, Or Something Like It
- It's All Good (In Your Dreams)
- Smile! It's Meant To Be Fun
You, Me and Thing
edit- The Curse of the Jelly Babies
- The Dreaded Noodle-doodle
- The Legend of the Loch Ness Lilo
- The Mummy That Went Moo
Angels Next Door
edit- Angels Next Door
- Angels in Training
- Angels Like Me
St Grizzle's
edit- St Grizzle's School for Girls, Goats and Random Boys
- St Grizzle's School for Girls, Ghosts and Runaway Grannies
- St Grizzle's School for Girls, Geeks and Tag-along Zombies
- St Grizzle's School for Girls, Gremlins and Pesky Guests
Trilogy
edit- My Funny Valentine
- Bliss...
- Wonderland
Stand-alone novels
edit- An Urgent Message Of Wowness
- Marshmallow Magic And The Wild Rose Rouge
- The Seventeen Secrets Of The Karma Club
- The Raspberry Rules. Scholastic. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4071-1553-5.[5]
- Six Words And A Wish
- In Sarah's Shadow
- Love is the Drug
- My Sister, the Superbitch
- The Girl Who Wasn't There. Scholastic UK. 7 August 2014. ISBN 978-1-4071-4421-4.[6]
- Catching Falling Stars. Scholastic Fiction. 4 June 2015. ISBN 978-1-4071-5514-2.
- Little Bird Flies. Nosy Crow. 10 January 2019. ISBN 978-0-85763-951-6.
- The OMG Blog
References
edit- ^ Carol Cadwalladr (23 July 2006). "Diary of a Mini-me". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 June 2008.
- ^ https://www.waterstones.com/book/how-to-be-a-human/karen-mccombie/9781788951098.
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(help) - ^ a b "Karen McCombie: when I was 15 and desperately wanted to be Holden's girlfriend from Catcher in the Rye". The Guardian. 20 January 2015. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ Mars Bar27 (9 May 2015). "Ally's World: Crushes, Cliques, and the Cool, School Trip by Karen McCombie - review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ pinkbookworm (10 September 2012). "The Raspberry Rules By Karen McCombie - review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ Felixreads (12 October 2014). "The Girl Who Wasn't There by Karen McCombie - review". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
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