![]() ![]() ![]() After living in North London for many years, she moved to West Oxfordshire with her husband and three cats in 2001. The Library Association in the UK (now CILIP) made her an Honorary Fellow in 1998 for her work with children and schools, and she has been nominated for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. Mary’s first book White Magic was published in 1975 and she worked in education and the media before becoming a full-time writer in the mid-1990s. In 2003 she co-edited Lines in the Sand with her daughter, author Rhiannon Lassiter as a fund-raiser for UNICEF: a an anthology of new writing and drawings about war and peace, Lines of Sand was created in response to the Iraq war and makes as powerful reading as ever today. She has also garnered awards and a fiercely loyal readership for her YA historical and fantasy fiction, including David, which gives a persona to the unknown model for Michelangelo’s sculpture, and the highly popular Stravaganza series. Mary Hoffman is the best-selling author of picture book Amazing Grace, which is currently celebrating its 25th Anniversary, as well as its six picture-book and chapter-book sequels and other acclaimed picture books such as The Colour of Home, An Angel Just Like Me and The Great Big Book Of… series. ![]()
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