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Vanessa Curtis

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I'm a children's author whose first book 'Zelah Green: Queen of Clean' is published by Egmont UK and won the Manchester Children's Book Awards 2010. It was also shortlisted for the 2010 Young Minds, the 2009 Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the NASEN awards and the 2010 Bolton Children's Book Awards and longlisted for the Branford Boase 2010. The sequel 'Zelah Green: One More Little Problem' is now released (Egmont).The first book in my new series, 'The Taming of Lilah May' is published by Frances Lincoln with a sequel out in early 2012. My first ghost story'The Haunting of Tabitha Grey', ghost story for 11+ isto be published April 2012 and a new two-part series featuring Amelie Day, 'The Baking Life of Amelie Day' is out later in 2012 to...more

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Ghost Story - out today!

I was really pleased to see that my book for young teens 'The Haunting of Tabitha Grey' (Egmont) has been published a week early. It's been my ambition for ages to write and publish a ghost story, because I love them so much myself and am very interested in the paranormal. A lot of what happens in 'Tabitha' is stuff that has happened to me or to people who work at Preston Manor (the house which... Read more of this blog post »

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Published on March 26, 2012 07:06 • 80 views • Tags: ghost-story

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Average rating: 3.63 · 515 ratings · 101 reviews · 7 distinct works · Similar authors

	Zelah Green (Zelah Green #1) 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 293 ratings — published 2009 — 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
	Zelah Green: One More Little Problem (Zelah Green #2) 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2010 — 3 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
	The Haunting of Tabitha Grey 3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2012	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
	The Taming of Lilah May (Lilah May, #1) 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Virginia Woolf's Women by Vanessa Curtis (Goodreads Author), Julia Briggs (Foreword by) 3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 19 ratings — 3 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
	Lilah May's Manic Days (Lilah May, #2) 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2012	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
	The Hidden Houses of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell 2.0 of 5 stars 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005	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

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Zelah Green (2 books)
by Vanessa Curtis (Goodreads Author)
3.6397984886649875 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 397 ratings

Lilah May (2 books)
by Vanessa Curtis (Goodreads Author)
3.8536585365853657 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 41 ratings

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Vanessa Curtis liked Somerandombint's review of The Haunting of Tabitha Grey: " Brilliant. Worth wading through the teen prose for the inspired twist that not even the most jaded ghost hunted could forsee. "
Nov 17, 2012 03:28am · see review
Vanessa Curtis liked Stephanie's review of Zelah Green (Zelah Green #1): " This review originally appeared at www.readinasinglesitting.com A close relative of mine lives a life that, while rich and expansive in some areas, is small and constrained in others. Her fear of germs, infection, and illness sees her frequently cl... " Read more of this review »
Nov 04, 2012 07:21am · see review
Vanessa Curtis liked Vickie Ramage's review of Zelah Green (Zelah Green #1): " Zelah Green is a wonderfully quick read which I devoured in about an hour. It was great to delve into such a simple story, without loads of characters, complicated plot line and boys with rippling muscles! Okay, so it's not the most realistic but... " Read more of this review »
Oct 30, 2012 04:38am · see review
Vanessa Curtis made a comment on Dorian's review of The Haunting of Tabitha Grey "Sorry you didn't enjoy it! Takes all sorts and I appreciate you taking the time to review."
Oct 29, 2012 02:32am · see review
Vanessa Curtis made a comment on The Haunting of Tabitha Grey — do you believe in ghosts? "thank you very much - please feel free to spread the word! I've already had a few books out if you fancy reading some of my older stuff - Zelah Green,...more "
Jun 22, 2012 06:47am
Vanessa Curtis made a comment on theghostwriter's review of The Haunting of Tabitha Grey "thank you hoodooboo! Please spread the word...."
May 05, 2012 09:35am · see review
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