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Biographical note
Elen Caldecott graduated with an MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa University and was highly commended in the PFD Prize for Most Promising Writer for Young People. Before becoming a writer, she was an archaeologist, a nurse, a theatre usher and a museum security guard. It was while working at the museum that Elen realised there is a way to steal anything if you think about it hard enough. Elen either had to become a master thief, or create some characters to do it for her - and so her debut novel, How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant, was born. Kirsty Jenkins was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Prize and longlisted for the 2010 Carnegie Award. Kirsty Jenkins was followed by How Ali Ferguson Saved Houdini, Operation Eiffel Tower and The Mystery of Wickworth Manor. Elen lives in Bristol with her husband, Simon, and their dog. Elen has her own website, www.elencaldecott.com.I was inspired to read Elen Caldecott's <i>Operation Eiffel Tower</i> when I saw her talk about it at the Edinburgh book festival and was as entranced as all the eight-to-twelves . . . some scenes are funny (the children's attempted forgery is hilarious); others are poignant, particularly their visit to a B&B when they can't think what to say to their dad
Julia Donaldson, Guardian Online
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Funny . . . poignant . . . hilarious
- Julia Donaldson, Guardian
‘Ordinary children tackle some quite extraordinary mysteries in Elen Caldecott’s <i>Marsh Road</i> series. These lively, warm-hearted stories of family, friends and adventure are a real delight’
Katherine Woodfine, author of The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow