Julia Jarman

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Julia Jarman (born 28 March 1946) is a British author of books for children of all reading ages and ability.

Background[]

Julia Jarman was born Julia Hudspeth in Deeping St James near the city of Peterborough in the UK, and now lives in Riseley, Bedfordshire.^[1] She studied English and Drama at Manchester University and then qualified as a teacher. Her first book (When Poppy Ran Away) was published in 1985. She had three children all born in the early 1970s who have influenced her writing.^[how?] After her youngest daughter Mary gave birth to her first grandson Theo (born: 10 June 2001)

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she started to write picture books for infants. Her first picture book was Big Red Bath (2004). Mary had two more children after Theo called Maya (born: 30 September 2003) and Lois (born: 12 December 2005), which made her write more picture books: Big Blue Train; Big Yellow Digger; Class Two at the Zoo; Class Three All at Sea; Ants in Your Pants and many others.

Big Red Bath became a successful stage show in 2013.^{[citation needed]} Directed by Chris Elwell of Half Moon Young People's Theatre, Limehouse, East London, it is a co-production with Full House Theatre of Bedford. The French alternative indie-electro- pop-trio, We are Evergreen, created the music. It will tour the UK in 2014 following a week-long run at Half Moon beginning 31 January.^{[needs update]}

Partial bibliography[]

• When Poppy Ran Away (1985)
• Ollie and the Bogle (1987)
• Poppy and the Vicarage Ghost (1989)
• The Ghost of Tantony Pig (1990)
• Georgie and the Dragon (1991)
• Topher and the Time Travelling Cat (1992) later published as The Time-Travelling Cat And The Egyptian Goddess (2006)
• Georgie and the Planet Raiders (1993)
• Squonk (1993)
• Georgie and the Computer Bugs (1995)
• The Crow Haunting (1996)
• A Test For the Time Travelling Cat (1997) later published as The Time-Travelling Cat and the Tudor Treasure (1997)
• The Haunting of Nadia (1998)Later published as Jenny Greenteeth by A & C Black in (2012)
• Hangman (1999)
• The Time Travelling Cat and the Roman Eagle (2001)
• The Magic Backpack (2001)
• Peace Weavers (2004)
• Big Red Bath (2004)
• The Jessame Stories (2005)
• The Time-Travelling Cat and the Aztec Sacrifice (2006)
• Grandma's Seaside Bloomers (2007)
• Big Blue Train (2007)
• The Time-Travelling cat and the Viking Terror (2008)
• Ghost Writer (2008)
• Henry VIII Has To Choose (2009)
• The Time-Travelling Cat and the Great Victorian Stink (2010)
• Big Yellow Digger (2011)

Three of her novels, Hangman, Peace Weavers, and Ghost Writer have been nominated for the Carnegie medal.^{[citation needed]} She won the Stockport Schools Book Award three times, for Big Red Bath, Class Two at the Zoo, and Ghost Writer^{[citation needed]} and has been shortlisted for several other prizes.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

External links[]

• Julia Jarman home page
• A biography of Julia Jarman from her agent's website