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Two poignant and uplifting stories of family, connection and imagination, from the Blue Peter Book Award shortlisted author Lisa Thompson. Particularly suitable for struggling or reluctant listeners.
Lisa Thompson is a children’s novelist born in Essex, UK on 5th
May, 1973. Her debut novel, The Goldfish Boy, was bought as part of
a two-book deal with Scholastic (UK). It was published in the UK in
January 2017, where it was a Waterstones Children’s Book of the
Month and went on to become a bestseller. The US version was
published by Scholastic Inc in February 2017 and was given a
starred review by Kirkus Reviews. The Goldfish Boy has been
nominated for the Carnegie Medal, The Branford Boase Award and the
Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. It has been sold to nine
territories around the world.
Lisa’s second novel, The Light Jar, was published in the UK in
January 2018.
Before becoming a novelist, Lisa worked as a broadcast assistant
for BBC Radio 2 and CPL Productions where she got to make tea for
lots of famous people. She lives in Suffolk, UK with her family.
Australian actor Laurence Boxhall graduated from NIDA and went on
to perform in Melbourne Theatre Company’s enormously successful
2019 production of Shakespeare in Love. He was also the Gen Z
captain in Channel Nine’s popular Talkin’ ‘Bout Your Generation,
with Shaun Micallef.
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