And two new books out next year, both featuring 'Lilah May'. Hooray! Here's a sneak preview of the new cover:
News just in, July 2010......I've got new book deal for my ghost story for 12+! See 'The Haunting of Tabitha Grey' link to the left.
Out in the shops now! The brand new Zelah Green - 'One More Little Problem' is launched 5th July along with the newly re-jacketed 'Zelah Green'.
PLEASE VOTE FOR ZELAH TO BECOME 'QUEEN OF TEEN 2010' by clicking on the following link
and voting for the book - and please ask all your friends too!
and some news just in - Zelah has won the Manchester Children's Book Awards 2010! (See 'news' page for details).
You can now follow me on Twitter under 'ZelahGreen'.....
Welcome to the homepage of Vanessa Curtis, author of children's books 'Zelah Green: Queen of Clean' and 'Zelah Green: Dating Queen' (due out early 2010), journalist and biographer of Virginia Woolf. If you'd like to leave a comment on Zelah Green please visit my 'Guestbook'and leave a comment there. I'd love to hear from you! And shock horror - I've finally updated my blog....
SNEAK PREVIEW OF 'ZELAH GREEN: One More Little Problem' the sequel to Zelah Green: Queen of Clean which is due out July 2010. Please select that option from the menu on the left.
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 is currently longlisted for the Young Minds Award. It was also shortlisted for the 2009 Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the NASEN awards and the 2010 Bolton Children's Book Awards. The sequel 'Zelah Green: One More Little Problem' is due for release July 2010. The first book in my new series, 'The Taming of Lilah May' will be published by Frances Lincoln in March 2011.
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.
Influences etc:
Books and poetry: Philip Larkin, Dorothy Parker, Sarah Waters, Cormac McCarthy, the Diaries of Virginia Woolf, Isabel Allende, Mr Gum (Andy Stanton), Adam Mars-Jones, Patrick Gale, Helen Dunmore.
Fave Eras: the 1940's, the 1900's, the 1890's.
Art: Kahlo, Perry, Dali, Nash, Hepworth, Wallis.
Music: Mozart, Marillion (mark 2), Brahms, Chopin, Green Day, Eddie Thompson, Ramsey Lewis Trio, Dave McKenna.
Telly: Coronation Street (best scriptwriting ever).
Films: Picnic at Hanging Rock, The Age of Innocence, The Pianist.
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