Francesca Simon
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About
Children's novelist who penned the popular Horrid Henry book series. Her more than twenty Horrid Henry titles include Horrid Henry Tricks the Tooth Fairy and Horrid Henry's Stinkbomb.
Before Fame
She attended both Yale University and Oxford University, majoring in Old English and Medieval studies. She published her first Horrid Henry book in 1994.
Trivia
She won The Children's Book of the Year Award in 2008 for Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman.
Family Life
She was born in Missouri and raised in California as the daughter of playwright Mayo Simon. She later settled in London, England with her husband, Martin, and the couple's son, Joshua.
Associated With
She won the Children's Book of the Year award one year before Stephenie Meyer earned the same honor.
