Francesca Simon

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St Louis, Missouri, The United States

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female

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http://www.francescasimon.com/

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Children's Books

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Francesca Simon was born in St Louis, Missouri, grew up in California, and attended both Yale and Oxford Universities, where she specialised in Medieval Studies. How this prepared her to write children’s books she cannot imagine, but it did give her a thorough grounding in alliteration.

She then threw away a lucrative career as a medievalist and worked as a freelance journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, Telegraph, and Vogue (US). After her son Joshua was born in 1989, she started writing children’s books full time. One of the UK’s best-selling children’s writers, Francesca has published over 50 books, including the immensely popular HORRID HENRY series, which has now sold over twelve milllion copies.

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Average rating: 4.02 · 5,611 ratings · 392 reviews · 159 distinct works · Similar authors

	Horrid Henry (L.A.F. Books) 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 438 ratings — published 1999 — 18 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horrid Henry's Nits 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horrid Henry Tricks The Tooth Fairy 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 345 ratings — published 2005 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 322 ratings — published 2002 — 13 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horrid Henry's Underpants 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 291 ratings — published 2009 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horrid Henry Gets Rich Quick 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 269 ratings — published 1998 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horrid Henry And The Mummy's Curse 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 259 ratings — published 2000 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horrid Henry's Haunted House 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 244 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horrid Henry And The Bogey Babysitter 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 231 ratings — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Horrid Henry And The Secret Club 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars