Marie-Louise Jensen
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Marie-Louise Jensen (born 22 September 1964) is an English children's author.
Biography[]
Marie Louise Jensen (née Chalcraft) was born in Henley-On-Thames of an English father and Danish mother. Her early years were plagued by teachers telling her to get her head out of a book and learn useless things like maths. Marie-Louise studied Scandinavian and German with literature at the UEA and has lived in both Denmark and Germany. After teaching English at a German University for four years, she decided to return to England to care for her children full-time. she completed an MA in writing for Young people at the Bath Spa University in 2005. She reads, reviews and writes books for young people. She lives in Bath and home educates her two sons.
Bibliography[]
- Between Two Seas (2008)
- (2011)
- (2010)
- (2011)
- (2012)
- (2013)
Awards and nominations[]
- 2008 Between Two Seas shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize[1]
- 2009 shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize[2]
References[]
- ^ "Waterstone's hails children's shortlist". The Bookseller. 30 November 2007. Archived from the original on 4 February 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
- ^ "Pilot's Monsters fly high on list". BBC News Online. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2009.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1964 births
- Living people
- English writers
- Alumni of the University of East Anglia
- Alumni of the University of Bath
- People from Henley-on-Thames
- English women writers
- English children's writers
- British women children's writers