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Bryony Allen

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Born

in Enfield, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.bryonyallen.co.uk

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Genre

Young Adult, Mystery & Thrillers, Humor

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Daphne du Maurier, Ian Rankin, Ruth Rendell, Stephen King, James Herbe ...more

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July 2010

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Bryony Allen was born in Enfield in the UK but actually spent most of her youth in the North East of the country close to Hartlepool before returning South again. There she studied for a degree in English Literature and Drama at the Roehampton University in London, graduating with a 2:1 honours.
She writes Young Adult and Adult mystery fiction and had her first adult book, 'Mystery, Deceit and a School Inspector' published by UK Independent publisher Pneuma Springs. Her first book for Young Adults titled OTOLI was published by the same publisher on 28th April 2011. A portion from all sales of OTOLI will be donated to the national charity 'BullyingUK' by the publisher on an on going basis.
In addition to writing Bryony is also a full time tea ...more

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The Assembly Room is in the finals!

Hi all,

I've recently received some fabulous news that my young adult book 'The Assembly Room' has made it to the finals of 'The Wishing Shelf Book Award 2013'. Okay it's 2014 now but the reading and judging was carried out by a number of primary and secondary schools mostly in London last year to draw up the shortlists which got announced last month. We are all just waiting now to see which boo...

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Average rating: 4.16 · 43 ratings · 25 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Assembly Room 4.25 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	OTOLI 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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
	Mystery Deceit and a School Inspector really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. 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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Bryony Allen liked Billy Buttons's review of OTOLI: "This book was recently entered in The Wishing Shelf Awards. This is what our readers thought: CONTENT 7/10 The readers thought the beginning was very powerful, pulling them into the story. Many noted that the author really seemed to understand what..." Read more of this review »
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Bryony Allen made a comment in the group Goodreads Authors/Readers — Welcome YA Authors and Readers! topic " Rebecca wrote: "That's great. Congratulations! I entered The Journey of the Marked for this year. Seems like a quality competition." Thank you Rebecca! ...more "
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Bryony Allen made a comment on Ugur’s review of The Assembly Room " The Assembly Room has made it to the finals of 'The Wishing Self Book Awards 2013'. You can find out more at the finalists web page link here The Wish ...more "
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Bryony Allen is now following Stephen King's reviews
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Bryony Allen and 1 other person liked Bryony Allen's blog post: OTOLI and Anti-Bullying Week 2013 "Hi all, I just wanted to highlight to all readers that anti-bullying week 2013 is coming up soon on the 18-22 November. I also wanted to make a small request for you to share the link below with your friends and family and spread the word out ther..." Read more of this blog post »
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Bryony Allen made a comment in the group The Underrated Authors Project 2013 — Authors: Introduce Yourself! topic " Hi all, Just came across this group. I've been a goodreads author since July 2010 and it's great to see new UK writers coming together. I'm an independ ...more "
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Bryony Allen liked Bryony Allen's blog post: 2 e-Book copies of 'The Assembly Room' still to be won (open worldwide) - come on! " Hi all,Following the previous give-away that was running to win copies of the 'The Assembly Room' I just wanted to send out out an update. The paperback copy of the book was won via Goodreads by the lovely Adinda Widya L.P in East Java, Indon..." Read more of this blog post »
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Oct 08, 2012 01:37PM

Thanks for the friend invite Bryony! Looking forward to chatting books with you. Happy Reading!

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Sep 21, 2012 12:17AM

Violet wrote: "Hello Bryony it's nice to meet you :) and thank you for the friends request"

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Thanks for being my friend

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Sep 18, 2012 12:56AM

Lucille wrote: "Hi, Bryony, thanks for the friend request. :)

Happy reading and writing. (;"

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Hi, Bryony, thanks for the friend request. :)

Happy reading and writing. (;

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Hi Bryony, thank you for the friend request! (=

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Hi Bryony!
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Mar 15, 2012 09:22AM

Hi Byrony,
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Nov 07, 2011 04:38AM

hello Bryony,
thanks for the add!!!

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Apr 05, 2011 04:43PM

Thank you Ms. Allen for adding me!
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message 6: by Bryony

Apr 02, 2011 02:01AM

Thank you to all that have added OTOLI to their 'to read list'. Not long to go now until publication date on the 28th April. More updates to come soon and be sure to check out the giveaway for OTOLI here on goodreads.

Best regards

Bryony

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Mar 25, 2011 03:18AM

Thank you all. X

Bryony

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Mar 25, 2011 12:23AM

Hi =)
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Thank you for the friend request, I'm looking forward to reading your book.

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Feb 23, 2011 09:21AM

Hi Bryony!
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Jan 24, 2011 04:26PM

Hi Bryony - Thank you for your friendship!
Please visit my website http://www.peteradarkenedfairytale.co.uk
to view a sample page and many other snippets about the book.
Expected release date Feb.
Best wishes, William

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