Sharon Tregenza

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Sharon Tregenza
Born Penzance, Cornwall, England
Occupation Novelist
Nationality British
Education MA in Creative Writing, MA in Writing for Young People
Genre Children's mystery fiction
Notable works Tarantula Tide
Children 1 daughter, 1 son
Website
www.sharontregenza.com

Sharon Tregenza (née Rosewall, born 1951) is a British author of children's books, stories and verse. She was born and grew up in Penzance, Cornwall. Her work, often described as mystery with a touch of magic, has been published and broadcast worldwide.

Personal life

Tregenza travelled widely with her husband and two children, living for many years in Cyprus, Dubai and Sharjah, where she worked in the library of the American School of Dubai and then taught conversational English to local girls before returning to the United Kingdom to study at the University of Bristol.

After moving to Pembrokeshire, she completed her MA in Creative Writing at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and more recently acquired a second MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University.

She is a member of The Scattered Authors Society, The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and the Children’s Book Insider.

Tregenza now lives, and writes, in a lovely converted chapel in the village of Box just outside the historic city of Bath.

Books

Tarantula Tide

In August 2008, Sharon won Floris Books' Kelpies Prize 2008 Award at the Edinburgh Book Festival. As a result, the book she submitted, Tarantula Tide, about young sleuths on Shetland, was published by Floris, on 16 October 2008.[1] The book also received the Heart of Hawick Children's Book Award, voted for by schoolchildren, in 2010.[2]

The Shiver Stone

The Shiver Stone is a middle-grade thriller set in a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. It was published in 2014 by Firefly Press.[3]

References

  1. Tarantula Tide at Floris Books
  2. Heart of Hawick 2010 Awards
  3. The Shiver Stone at Firefly Press

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