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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


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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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
Zelah Green: One More Littl...
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 104 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions
The Haunting of Tabitha Grey
3.47 of 5 stars 3.47 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2012
The Taming of Lilah May (Li...
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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2.0 of 5 stars 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005
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The Haunting of Tabitha Grey by Vanessa Curtis
" Brilliant. Worth wading through the teen prose for the inspired twist that not even the most jaded ghost hunted could forsee. "
Zelah Green by Vanessa Curtis
" 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 »
Zelah Green by Vanessa Curtis
" 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 »
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"Sorry you didn't enjoy it! Takes all sorts and I appreciate you taking the time to review."
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"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 "
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