Francesca Simon, whose Horrid Henry books have sold more than 15 million copies – and who is the fourth most borrowed author from public libraries – looks every inch the children's author, ...

Francesca Simon is an international star. Her series of children’s books about Horrid Henry (Sourcebooks: $4.99 each, ages 8-12) have sold 14 million copies in 24 countries. In England, where ...

By Francesca Simon 29 September 2011 • 3:53pm One of my favourite books when I was a teenager was Kevin Crossley-Holland’s Axe-Age, Wolf-Age , his re-telling of the Norse myths.

The beloved titular terrible tot may be a mischief-maker, but the Horrid Henry creator is as sweet as pie. She stops on the Upper East Side to celebrate the pub ...

Francesca Simon: ‘I never had any ambitions to write for children. But you just don’t know what you are going to be good at.’ Photograph: Simone Padovani/Awakening/Getty ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Books news every morning. It’s a cold, sunny morning and Francesca Simon’s kitchen is filled with flowers — tributes from ...

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And Simon admits good timing was on her side, too. “I think the sustained success of the Horrid Henry books was sparked during a golden era for children’s literature,” she says. Harry Potter ...

Francesca Simon was born in America and studied at Yale and Oxford. She worked as a journalist until the birth of her son, Josh, in 1989, after which she was inspired to begin writing her `Horrid ...

Horrid Henry creator Francesca Simon tells Gavin Allen why her naughty little boy is so loveable. GIVEN that Francesca Simon took up writing children’s books after the birth of her son Josh you ...

Francesca Simon, illus. by Olivia Lomenech Gill. Faber & Faber (PGW, dist.), $11.95 trade paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-571-33027-0 Hel, the protagonist of this deliciously fun YA debut from Simon (the ...

Faber has snapped up Francesca Simon’s first novel for adults, Salka: Lady of the Lake, which was first conceived as a cantata to be performed at the Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts.