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Francesca Simon

Francesca Isabella Simon MBE (born 23 February 1955) is an American-born British author who resides in North London. She is most famous for writing the Horrid Henry series of children's books.

Simon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. She grew up in California and studied at Yale and Jesus College, Oxford, where she majored in medieval studies and Old English. Simon worked as a journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, The Daily Telegraph and Vogue (US).

Simon was inspired to write by Anthony Trollope. After she gave birth to her son, Joshua, in 1989, she began to write children's books full-time. Simon is one of the UK's best-selling children's writers; she has published over 50 different books, including her most popular series Horrid Henry series, which has sold over 25 million copies, and has been translated into 24 languages.

Simon lives in London with her husband, Martin, and her son. Their Tibetan spaniel, Shanti, is memorialized in the short story "Shanti" that Simon wrote for inclusion in the Paws and Whiskers anthology by fellow author Jacqueline Wilson published in February 2014.

In the spring of 2019 the Royal Opera House staged an opera based on Simon's book The Monstrous Child, about the Norse god of the dead, Hel, as an angry teenager. The opera is composed by Gavin Higgins with libretto by Simon.

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  • Cover of: William the Outlaw (Just William)

    Cover of edition williamoutlaw0000crom_i7m1 First published in 1927 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Felaket Henry'nin intikamı

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  • Cover of: Helping Hercules

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  • Cover of: Horrid Henry's Christmas cracker

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  • Cover of: Don't be Horrid, Henry!

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  • Cover of: Don't cook Cinderella

    Cover of edition dontcookcinderel0000simo_x0y9 First published in 2005 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The Topsy-Turvies

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  • Cover of: Double Dose of Horrid Henry

    First published in 2002 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Horrid Henry's joke book

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  • Cover of: Little Yellow Dog Says Look at Me

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  • Cover of: Spider school

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  • Cover of: Horrid Henry's head lice

    First published in 2000 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Higgledy Piggledy

    First published in 1995 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Horrid Henry's car journey

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  • Cover of: Horrid Henry's thank you letter

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  • Cover of: But what does the hippopotamus say?

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    First published in 1999 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A Handful of Horrid Henry

    First published in 2000 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The monstrous child

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British author

Born 1955

Subjects

Juvenile fiction, Juvenile literature, Children's fiction, Fiction, Children's stories, English, Humorous stories, Horrid Henry (Fictitious character), Behavior, Puzzles, Children's stories, Juvenile Wit and humor, Miscellanea, Pictorial works, Behavior, fiction, Children's humourous stories, Juvenile humor, Cats, Dogs, Picture books, Schools, Amusements, Animals, Domestic animals, Games, Bihurrikeriak-

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Horrid Henry (Fictitious character), J. M. Barrie (1860-1937), William Brown

Time

juveniles, 1927 England

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Alternative names

  • Francesca and McMullen Simon
  • Simon Francesca
  • simon-simon-francesca
  • simon-francesca

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July 18, 2023 Edited by GeekyLib Edited without comment.
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