Jenny Nimmo
| Jenny Nimmo | |
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| Born |
15 January 1944 Windsor, England, UK |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | British |
| Period | 1974–present |
| Genre | Children's fantasy and adventure novels, picture books |
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| Spouse | David Wynn Millward |
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| Website | |
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Jenny Nimmo (born 15 January 1944) is a British author of children's books including many fantasy and adventure novels, chapter books, and picture books. Born in England, she has lived in Wales for most of forty years. Probably she is best known for two series of fantasy novels: The Magician Trilogy (1986 to 1989), contemporary stories rooted in Welsh myth, and Children of the Red King (2002 to 2010), featuring Charlie Bone and other magically endowed school children.
The Snow Spider, first of the Magician books, won the second annual Nestlé Smarties Book Prize and the 1987 Tir na n-Og Award as the year's best original-English-language book with "authentic Welsh background". The Stone Mouse was highly commended for the 1993 Carnegie Medal and several others of her books have been well-received or shortlisted for children's book awards.
Jenny Nimmo was born in Windsor, England. She was an only child, and her father died when she was five. She was a reader as a child, which led her to write her own stories to share with friends.
After working for a time in theatre, Nimmo worked for several years with the BBC. Part of that time was spent adapting other writers' stories for television including 40 episodes (eight "stories") for Jackanory readings. Her first book, The Bronze Trumpeter, began life as a television script. It was published by Angus & Robertson in January 1975.
That year, Nimmo married David Wynn Millward, a Welsh artist and illustrator. Their two daughters and one son were born 1975 to 1980. She currently lives in Wales, sharing her time between writing and helping her husband with a summer art school.
Millward is the writer or illustrator of a few published books himself, including four collaborations with Nimmo (1994–2000, marked ‡ below). Nimmo and their younger daughter Gwen Millward have collaborated on one picture book written by Jenny and illustrated by Gwen, The Beasties (Egmont UK, 2010). Gwen's first published book as both writer and illustrator was Bear and Bird (Egmont, September 2012).
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