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Sylvia Waugh

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born

January 01, 1935 in Gateshead, The United Kingdom

gender

female

genre

Children's Books

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Sylvia Waugh (sounds like "cough") was born in Gateshead, Tyne & Wear in Northern England in 1935. Having worked full-time as a grammar teacher for seventeen years, Waugh began her writing career in her late forties, after her three children were grown. In 1993, she published her first book, The Mennyms, which eventually evolved into an entire series. Ms. Waugh said in an "Entertainment Weekly," interview with Lois Alter Mark, "I created the Mennyms because the world is too cynical, too lacking in magic. People with dreams are an endangered species, and I wanted to write for them. I don't want the nastiness-the stuff I see on TV." Since completing her "Mennyms" books, Waugh has continued her focus, as "Horn Book" contributor Martha V. P...more

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Books by Sylvia Waugh

Average rating: 3.90 · 802 ratings · 81 reviews · 15 distinct works

	The Mennyms (Mennyms, #1) 395 avg rating — 265 ratings — published 1993 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Mennyms in the Wilderness (Mennyms, #2) 393 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Mennyms Under Siege (Mennyms, #3) 389 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1995 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Mennyms Alone (Mennyms, #4) 391 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Space Race 379 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2000 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Mennyms Alive (Mennyms, #5) 392 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Earthborn 357 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Who Goes Home? 388 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Mennyms in the Wilderness 444 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	Mennyms Alive 457 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1997	My rating: