Sharon Tregenza
Sharon Tregenza | |
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Born | Penzance, Cornwall, England |
Occupation | Children's Author |
Nationality | British |
Education | MA in Creative Writing, MA in Writing for Young People |
Genre | Children's mystery fiction |
Notable works | Tarantula Tide, The Shiver Stone, The Jewelled Jaguar, Stargazey Pie |
Children | 1 daughter, 1 son |
Website | |
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Sharon Tregenza (née Rosewall) is a British author of children's books, stories and verse. She was born and grew up in Penzance, Cornwall. Her work, often described as mystery with a touch of magic, has been published and broadcast worldwide. She is represented by Rebecca Bagnell at the Lindsay Literary Agency
Personal life[]
Tregenza travelled widely with her husband and two children, living for many years in Cyprus, Dubai and Sharjah, where she worked in the library of the American School of Dubai and then taught conversational English to local girls before returning to the United Kingdom to study at the University of Bristol.
After moving to Pembrokeshire, she completed her MA in Creative Writing at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and more recently acquired a second MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University.
She is a member of The Society of Authors, The Scattered Authors Society, The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and the Children’s Book Insider.
Tregenza now lives, and writes, in a converted chapel in the village of Box just outside the historic city of Bath.
Books[]
Tarantula Tide[]
Published 16th October 2008 by Floris,[1]
In August 2008, Sharon won Floris Books' Kelpies Prize 2008 Award at the Edinburgh Book Festival. As a result, the book she submitted, Tarantula Tide, about young sleuths in Shetland, was published by Floris, on 16 October 2008.The book also received the Heart of Hawick Children's Book Award, voted for by schoolchildren, in 2010.[2]
The Shiver Stone[]
Published 2014 by FIrefly Press,[3] Illustrated by Xavier Bonet, cover design Zoe Draws Things
ISBN 191008008X
The Shiver Stone is a middle-grade thriller set in a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, South Wales.
The Jewelled Jaguar[]
Published 15th September 2017 by FIrefly Press,[3] Illustrated by Xavier Bonet, cover design Zoe Draws Things
ISBN 1910080640
Stargazey Pie[]
'Oxford Reading Tree Word Sparks: Level 8: Stargazey Pie - Oxford Reading Tree Word Sparks'
Published 26th Oct 2020
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External links[]
- 1951 births
- Alumni of the University of Bristol
- Alumni of the University of Wales
- Living people
- People from Penzance
- British children's writers