Anna Wilson
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Anna Wilson

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Anna Wilson writes for adults and children. Her memoir, A Place for Everything, about her mother's late diagnosis of autism at the age of 72, is published by HarperCollins. It featured on Woman's Hour on BBC Radio 4 and has been described as a "startlingly beautiful and searingly honest" account. Anna has also written and published 50 picture books, short stories, poems and young fiction and non-fiction series for children. Her latest fiction series is Vlad the World’s Worst Vampire - a comedy for confident young readers. Vlad has been translated into Spanish, Catalan, Basque, French, German, Turkish, Greek, Hebrew, Romanian and Polish and is also published in the United States. The series is also available in audio. Her non-fiction nature almanac, Nature Month-by-Month, is updated every year and is published in conjunction with the National Trust. The latest edition for 2023 is available now. Her latest picture book is Shine Like the Stars, illustrated by the award-winning Harry Woodgate. It is a book that aims to promote self-esteem in young children and help them to see their place in the natural world. The Wide, Wide Sea is a best-selling picture book about our relationship with and responsibilities to the ocean. This is published in conjunction with the National Trust. Anna has another new picture book coming out in 2023: Grandpa and the Kingfisher, illustrated by Sarah Massini. This is a story which deals with death, grief and the circle of life. As well as writing, Anna is a freelance editor, tutor and coach for the HarperCollins Author Academy, The London Writers' Salon and the Arvon Foundation. She is also a Royal Literary Fund Fellow for the University of Exeter at Penryn in Cornwall. She has an article published in The Children's Writers' and Artists' Yearbook which is updated every year.
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