![]() ![]() ![]() There was something there Celia was interesting in writing about.Ĭelia finds that the best part of being an author is having the freedom to organize your own working time as well as being your own boss. There weren’t any letters, so this was the only written connection between any of them. It contained some handwritten recipes from her mom, grandma, and aunt. The inspiration for “Miss Graham’s Cold War Cookbook” came when she found an old cookery book among her mom’s belongings. She’s been on the Society of Authors’ Management Committee and Chair of the Children’s Writers and Illustrators Group. ![]() Celia is a regular tutor for the Arvon Foundation. Smith Children’s Book Awards, and the Guardian. She’s been shortlisted for the Whitbread (now Costa), the W. The kids said they wanted books with horror, pirates, action, danger, and magic.Ĭelia’s work has been translated into 28 languages. While she was a teacher, she asked many of her students why they would not read the books that they were given and what they wanted to read about. After finishing university, she taught English in Coventry secondary schools for seventeen years, and it was during this time that she started writing. She went to University of Warwick and got her degree in History of Politics. Author Celia Rees is an English author of children’s literature, which includes some fantasy and horror books.Ĭelia was born in the year 1949 in Solihull, West Midlands, however now lives in Leamington Spa with her teen daughter and husband. ![]()
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