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Mary Lassiter Hoffman is a British writer and critic.
Mary Lassiter Hoffman (born 1945) is a British writer and critic.
Mary Hoffman is the UK author of well over a hundred published books, mainly for children and teenagers.

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Mary Hoffman

Born

in The United Kingdom

January 01, 1945

Website

http://www.maryhoffman.co.uk/

Genre

Children's, Young Adult, Fantasy

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Mary Hoffman is a bestselling British author and reviewer, born in 1945. She is a true enthusiast of Italy and spends a lot of her time there, which shows in her Stravaganza novels: a series currently in publication. In total, she has written over 80 books, including the aforementioned Stravaganza series and the bestselling picture book, Amazing Grace. Mary is also the editor of a review magazine Armadillo for kids.

Watch the book trailer for David, Mary Hoffman's most recent novelSee also works published under Mary Lassiter

Mary Hoffman is a bestselling British author and reviewer, born in 1945. She is a true enthusiast of Italy and spends a lot of her time there, which shows in her Stravaganza novels: a series currently in publication. In total, she has written over 80 books, including the aforementioned Stravaganza series and the bestselling picture book

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Mary Hoffman

Place of Birth

Hampshire, England

Education

University of Cambridge
University College London

Family

Two elder sisters
Stephen Barber, husband
Rhiannon Lassiter, daughter
Rebecca, daughter
Jessica, daughter

Organisations

Library Association

Alias

Amy Lovell
Suzy Cavendish
Mary Lassiter

Awards

Nominated for Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (2011)

Current Residence

West Oxfordshire

Mary Hoffman is the author of the Stravaganza series. Overall she has written over 90 books (her first published in 1975); including White Magic, The Falconer's Knot, Troubadour, Amazing Grace series, Special Powers, and David.

Background[]

Mary Hoffman won a scholarship to James Allen’s Girls’ School in Dulwich, which she describes as “an exercise in punctuation in itself.” Afterward, she attended the University of Cambridge to study English at Newnham College and then spent two years studying Linguistics at University College London. Since 1998 she has been an Honorary Fellow of the Library Association in 1998 for he

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Mary Hoffman

About Author

Mary Hoffman is a prolific and prize-winning author who has written more than 80 books for children. Amazing Grace, her first book for Frances Lincoln, remains one of her most popular titles. It has sold over 1.5 million copies and was commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal and selected for the National Curriculum Reading List in 1996 and 1997.

Mary's subsequent Grace titles for Frances Lincoln titles include the picture-book Grace & Family and the story-books Starring Grace and Encore Grace. Her other picture-books have included The Colour of Home, An Angel Just Like Me, Women of Camelot, Parables, Miracles, Animals of the Bible and Three Wise Women.

Mary also writes the bestselling series, 'The Big Book of...' whose titles have included The Big Book of Families, The Big Book of Friends, The Big Book of Feelings, The Great Big Body Book and The Big Green Book.

Mary lives with her husband in Oxfordshire and has three grown-up daughters.

Author link

www.maryhoffman.co.uk

Interview

THE GREAT BIG GREEN BOOK

FRANCES LINCOLN CHILDREN'S BOOKS