Spooky Stories

Mary Hoffman's first book, White Magic, was published in 1975. Since then, she has written about eighty books for children, including the picture book Amazing Grace, the Stavaganza series of novels and the anti-war anthology Lines in the Sand. She has three adult daughters and lives in West Oxfordshire. Her website is: www.maryhoffman.co.uk Penelope Lively was born in Cairo, Egypt. She has won the Carnegie with The Ghost of Thomas Kempe and the Whitbread award and has been shortlisted for the Booker Prize twice. She was awarded the OBE in 1989 and CBE in 2002. Penelope Lively lives in London. Her website is: penelopelively.net Gillian Cross has won the Carnegie, the Whitbread and the Smarties awards. Her books include Beware of the Demon Headmaster.Her website is gilliancross.co.uk Chris Riddell has illustrated over 100 books for children and has won many awards. He also draws a cartoon every Sunday in the Observer. He lives in Brighton. His website is: www.chrisriddell.com Valeria Petrone works with publishers in the UK, US, Japan, France and Italy, where she lives. Her website is valeriapetrone.com Chris Priestley has been an illustrator and cartoonist for many years, and he has also written his own books since 2000.