Francesca simon author biography worksheet

British author (born 1955)

Francesca Isabella SimonMBE (born 23 February 1955) is a British author who resides in North London. She is most famous for writing the Horrid Henry and Evil Evie series of children's books.

She is the daughter of screenwriter and playwright Mayo Simon^[2] (not to be confused with Simon Mayo, a British radio DJ).

Biography

Simon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. She grew up in California and studied at Yale and Jesus College, Oxford, where she majored in medieval studies and Old English.

Francesca simon author biography worksheet pdf

Simon worked as a journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, The Daily Telegraph and Vogue (US).^[3] She is married to an English husband, Martin Stamp, and has one son called Joshua (born 1989).

Simon got the idea for the Horrid Henry books when a friend asked her to write a story about a horrid child. She also wanted to write about sibling rivalry and families where one child was