Newsflash - you can now order my ghost story 'The Haunting of Tabitha Grey by clicking here:The Haunting of Tabitha Grey - Amazon
You can read more about each of my books by clicking the links on the left. Or do leave a comment in my Guestbook - I try to reply to all of them.
- Newsflash! The sequel to 'The Taming of Lilah May', 'Lilah May's Manic Days' has now been published in the UK and can be ordered via amazon at
HOT OFF THE PRESS: NEW BOOKJACKET FOR 'THE BAKING LIFE OF AMELIE DAY' (published later in 2012 by Frances Lincoln).
You can follow me on Twitter under 'Vanessa Curtis1'...and on Facebook under 'Nessie Curtis'. Hope to see you there!
I'm a children's author whose first book 'Zelah Green: Queen of Clean' is published by Egmont UK and won the Manchester Children's Book Awards 2010. It was also shortlisted for the 2010 Young Minds, the 2009 Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the NASEN awards and the 2010 Bolton Children's Book Awards and longlisted for the Branford Boase 2010. The sequel 'Zelah Green: One More Little Problem' is now released (Egmont).The first book in my new series, 'The Taming of Lilah May' is published by Frances Lincoln with a sequel out in early 2012. My first ghost story'The Haunting of Tabitha Grey', ghost story for 11+ isto be published April 2012 and a new two-part series featuring Amelie Day, 'The Baking Life of Amelie Day' is out later in 2012 too.
I'm also a freelance book reviewer and the author of three books on Virginia Woolf.
I'm represented by Peter Buckman at the Ampersand Agency and live near Chichester harbour.