Jeanne Willis
5 stars across 415 books
Jeanne Willis BiographyAuthor Jeanne Willis has written over 80 children's books from picture books and stories for younger readers to teen novels. She has won several awards, including the Children's Book Award, the Silver Smarties Prize and has also been shortlisted for the Whitbread Award.
Born in St Albans in 1959, Jeanne Willis always loved writing and creating adventures through comic strips and books. She originally trained as an advertising copywriter at Watford College before going on to work for numerous advertising agencies. Her first novel was published when she was 21 years old and she juggled writing and her advertising copywriter career for many years before becoming a children's author full time.
Jeanne Willis FactsJeanne has worked on TV scripts including Polly Pocket and The Slow Norris.
She wrote her first book aged just five.
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Monster Bed