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About Me

I work in children's publishing as an editorial assistant, which I love. I'm also an author and illustrator: my debut children's novel, The Thirteen Treasures, won the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2009. It's a tale of mischievous fairies, an old house full of secrets, and a missing girl.

I'm currently writing a sequel to The Thirteen Treasures, which will be called The Thirteen Curses. It is publishing in 2010.

Some of my chapter illustrations for The Thirteen Treasures are below.

Read the first chapter here.


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Anyone who loves reading, writing or art. Please do also visit my website at www.michelleharrisonbooks.com The website is still being worked on, but new things are being added all the time.

My Blog

For Creative Writers

Two blogs in a day - this is a first!Story Starter on Write AwayStory Starters are a great resource for creative writing. The Write Away website features a wide selection of Story Starters by a variet...
Posted by on Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:54:00 GMT

The 13 Treasures wins the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize!

On Wednesday night at Piccadilly, The 13 Treasures was chosen as the winner of the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2009!Hurrah! After getting over the shock of it, it feels amazing to have won. The...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:06:00 GMT

New review & Q&A - Valentina's Room

Here's a very complimentary review of The Thirteen Treasures, along with an exclusive Q&A with me!http://valentinasroom.blogspot.com/2009/01/thirteen-treas ures-michelle-harrison-q.html
Posted by on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:48:00 GMT

My Favourite Books Blogspot - Interview

There's now a Q&A session with me on a fantastic book blog, My Favourite Books!http://myfavouritebooks.blogspot.com/Liz from MFB wrote a brilliant review of The Thirteen Treasures on this blog a coupl...
Posted by on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:23:00 GMT

Book Launch & School Visits

So Wednesday kicked off with my first EVER school event! I spent the day meeting pupils at Walton Priory Middle School, Stone, Staffs, chatting to them about my book, The Thirteen Treasures, my writin...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:59:00 GMT

COMPETITION: WIN The Thirteen Treasures!!!

Who says thirteen is unlucky?I have thirteen copies of my brand new children's book, The Thirteen Treasures, to give away free to thirteen friends on Myspace!If you like tales about  family secrets, c...
Posted by on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:25:00 GMT

The Waterstone's Children's Book Prize

Exciting news! I can now reveal that The Thirteen Treasures has been shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize 2009!Click here to see Waterstone's Kate Philips talking about the book: htt...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:01:00 GMT

Review - taken from The Times Online by Amanda Craig

The 13 Treasures boils with the kind of fairy that is far worse than Puck. Tanya is tormented by being able to see the unSeelie - and they in turn make her levitate, get blamed for mess and persecute ...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:54:00 GMT

Lovereading review and Reading Zone Interview

A great ending to my first week (well, five days) of being a published author. In addition to a lovely afternoon on Wednesday being treated to lunch with Darley Anderson, Becky Stradwick and Madeleine...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:45:00 GMT

On the book shelves . . .

Well, today something happened that I've been dreaming of for five years. I walked into WH Smith and saw my book, the one I wrote. For sale. On the shelves. It was quite a surreal experience! I've tho...
Posted by on Sat, 27 Dec 2008 12:32:00 GMT