Sally Nicholls
| Sally Nicholls | |
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Sally Nicholls during 2006
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| Born |
22 June 1983 , England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Nationality |
 British
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| Notable works |
Ways to Live Forever (2008) Season of Secrets (2009) |
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Sally Nicholls (born 22 June 1983 in , England) is a prize-winning British children's book author.
Nicholls was born and grew up in , England. She attended Great Ayton Friends' School until its closure and subsequently Egglescliffe School until 2001.
On finishing school, Nicholls chose to travel around the world. The author reached Australia and New Zealand, following a period of working in Japan at a Red Cross hospital.
She returned to the United Kingdom to begin a bachelor's degree at the University of Warwick, covering Philosophy and Literature. Completing her undergraduate degree, she signed up to continue with Bath Spa University, taking their "Writing for Young People" master's degree, offered by the School of English and Creative Studies there.
As of 2012 Nicholls lives in Oxford. She is a regular at Quaker meetings including Young Friends General Meeting.
Nicholls' first three novels all have death as the central theme.
Her first novel, Ways to Live Forever, was written during her time at Bath Spa. The story is that of an 11-year-old child called Sam who is dying of leukaemia (a form of cancer), written as the scrapbook of the child. This book was published by Marion Lloyd Books, part of Scholastic Press in January 2008. It was made into a movie of the same title released in 2010.
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