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Emily Diamand

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born
January 01, 1971 in London, The United Kingdom

gender
female

genre
Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy

influences
Susan Cooper

member since
October 2010


About this author

Emily Diamand found her way into authoring when her debut novel won the Times/Chicken House prize for children's fiction in 2008. Prior to that she had various jobs including environmental campaigner, organic farmer, surveyor of trees, brussels sprouts picker and pond digger.

Her first novel Flood Child (previously published as Reavers Ransom) was sold in eighteen languages, shortlisted for the Branford Boase award and for several regional prizes.

The US edition, Raiders Ransom, was a Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Book of 2009 and was included in the New York Public Library's list of "100 Best Books for Reading and Sharing".

The sequel, Flood and Fire, was published in the UK in August 2010 and is due for publication in the US and Germany in...more


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Books by Emily Diamand

Average rating: 3.60 · 399 ratings · 132 reviews · 2 distinct works
Raiders' Ransom
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 2008 — 17 editions
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3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 67 ratings — 4 editions
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Series by Emily Diamand

Raiders' Ransom Flood And Fire
Raiders' Ransom (2 books)
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3.5954773869346734 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 398 ratings

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Flood and Fire (Children's Books)
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Description: Flood and Fire is the sequel to Flood Child (or Raiders Ransom in the US). It's out in the UK but isn't due to be published in the US until 2011. Here's a taste.

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The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
The Moonstone
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Nov 25, 2010 08:55am
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The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The Woman in White
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The Phoenix and the Carpet by E. Nesbit
The Phoenix and the Carpet
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Five Children and It by E. Nesbit
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Nov 25, 2010 08:54am
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Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud
Ptolemy's Gate (Bartimaeus, #3)
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Nov 25, 2010 08:54am
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The Golem's Eye by Jonathan Stroud
The Golem's Eye (Bartimaeus, #2)
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The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus, #1)
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Nov 25, 2010 08:53am
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A Sterkarm Kiss by Susan Price
A Sterkarm Kiss
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The Sterkarm Handshake by Susan Price
The Sterkarm Handshake
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