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Biographical note
Amy Sparkes studied English Literature and Theology at the University of Kent, and began writing after moving to Devon with her husband, six young children and an overactive imagination. Her books have appeared on CBeebies storytime and been shortlisted for several book awards, including the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the BookTrust Best Books Awards for Do Not Enter the Monster Zoo. She runs author events for children, writing workshops for aspiring children’s writers, produces the Writing for Children pages for bestselling Writing Magazine, and writes short stories for Aquila magazine. She co-founded the Writing Magazine Picture Book Prize for aspiring picture book authors.A story that had me in stitches one minute, and on the edge of my seat the next… There's something else to wonder at on every page. It’s non-stop, endlessly inventive fun.
- Sinead O'Hart,
Featured as 'One to Watch' in The Bookseller's January previews.
- Fiona Noble, The Bookseller
Magically warm and wonderfully weird, it's Terry Pratchett meets Diana Wynne Jones
- Louie Stowell,
I loved The Tower at the End of Time because it is magical, adventurous and unique.
- Reviewer, Age 8, Books Up North
The more I read the more I wanted to live in it.
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