She currently lives in Wales, sharing her time between writing and helping her husband with a summer art school. Their two daughters and one son were born between 19. That year, Nimmo married David Wynn Millward, a Welsh artist and illustrator. It was published by Angus & Robertson in January 1975. Her first book, The Bronze Trumpeter, began life as a television script. Īfter working for a time in theatre, Nimmo spent several years with the BBC, partly on adapting other writers' stories for television, including 40 episodes (eight 'stories') for Jackanory readings. She was a voracious reader as a child, which led her to write her own stories to share with friends. She was an only child, and her father died when she was five. Jenny Nimmo was born in Windsor, England. Several others of hers have been shortlisted for children's book awards. The Stone Mouse was highly commended for the 1993 Carnegie Medal. The Snow Spider, first of the Magician books, won the second annual Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and the 1987 Tir na n-Og Award as the year's best originally English-language book with an authentic Welsh background.

She is probably best known for two series of fantasy novels: The Magician Trilogy (1986–1989), contemporary stories rooted in Welsh myth, and Children of the Red King (2002–2010), featuring schoolchildren endowed with magical powers. Born in England, she has lived mostly in Wales for 40 years. She wrote the sequels, Emlyn's Moon and The Chestnut Soldier, because she was unable to let go of the characters in The Snow Spider, and needed to find out what would become of them.Jenny Nimmo (born 15 January 1944) is a British author of children's books, including fantasy and adventure novels, chapter books, and picture books. In 1986 her book, The Snow Spider, won the Smarties Grand Prix, and in 1987 it was awarded the Tir na n-Og by the Welsh Arts Council.

However, she is aware that not everyone finds reading comes easily, and feels passionately that every child should have all the help they need, and access to as many books as they want. At boarding school, reading was her way to overcome loneliness or boredom. For as long as she can remember, Jenny has loved books. She finds Wales, a land of legends, a very inspiring place to live.

Her husband, David, is a painter and print-maker, and all three of her children speak Welsh fluently. Jenny lives in a converted watermill in Wales.

Biography: Jenny Nimmo is the acclaimed author of the Charlie Bone series, which has sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide.

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