Abi Elphinstone
Abi Elphinstone is a British children's author.
Early life
Elphinstone grew up near Edzell in Angus, Scotland.[1][2] At St Leonards School, she was dyslexic, and deemed "unteachable".[1] She is one of four children, two others of whom are also dyslexic.[1]
She studied English at the University of Bristol, before working as a teacher in Africa, Berkshire, and London.[2][3]
Career
Her first book was published in 2015, and by March 2020 had sold 225,000 books.[4] Saving Neverland published in 2023 is a sequel to J M Barrie's, Peter Pan. Set in the present day, it features ten year old Martha Penydrop and her seven-year-old brother, Scruff. Elphinstone has imagined her own Neverland but retained some of the creatures from Barrie's classic story.[5]
Personal life
Elphinstone is married to Edo, who works in finance, and they have two children.[6]
Publications
- Sky Song, 2018
- Everdark
- The Snow Dragon, 2019
- The Frost Goblin
- The Crackledawn Dragon
- Rumblestar
- Saving Neverland
References
- ^ a b c McDonald, Sally (28 March 2019). "How a little girl branded unteachable at school grew up to become a children's best-seller". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Abi Elphinstone". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "Q&A with children's author Abi Elphinstone". www.primarytimes.co.uk.
- ^ Tivnan, Tom (30 March 2020). "&S inks new three-book Elphinstone deal". The Bookseller. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
- ^ "An interview with Abi Elphinstone". Just Imagine. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ^ McDonald, Sally (21 June 2021). "Author Abi Elphinstone: I wrote to lift readers out of pandemic gloom... and make kids giggle". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
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