Lara Williamson is an Irish-born children's author.

Lara Williamson
Born
Northern Ireland
OccupationChildren's writer
Websitehttps://larawilliamson.com/index.html

Biography

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Williamson was born and studied in Northern Ireland before moving to London. She worked for magazines including ELLE and New Woman, and was beauty editor at J-17.[1]

Writing

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Her first two novels, A Boy Called Hope (2014) and The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair (2015) were published by Usborne and were shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award respectively.[2][3] They were followed by Just call me Spaghetti-Hoop Boy (2017) and The Girl with space in her heart (2019), while Midge and Mo (with illustrations by Becky Cameron) was published by Stripes in 2020 and was aimed at a younger readership.

Published works

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Title Year Publisher
A Boy Called Hope 2014 Usborne
The Boy Who Sailed the Ocean in an Armchair 2015 Usborne
Just call me Spaghetti-Hoop Boy 2017 Usborne
The Girl with space in her heart 2019 Usborne

For younger readers

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Title Year Publisher
Midge and Mo (Illustrations by Becky Cameron) 2020 Stripes

References

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  1. ^ "Lara Williamson". BookTrust. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Waterstones children's book prize 2015 – shortlist announced!". The Guardian. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. ^ Pauli, Michelle (3 December 2015). "Frank Cottrell Boyce's Broccoli Boy in the running for the Blue Peter book award". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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