Maggie Prince was born and grew up in Lancaster. She was educated at London University, from where she obtained a Masters Degree. She now lives in Hertfordshire and is married with two children.
As well as writing for children, Maggie has worked as a teacher, a freelance journalist and an information officer in London and Johannesburg. Her previous books include Memoirs of a Dangerous Alien which won the WHSmith Mind-Boggling Book Award in 1995, was shortlisted for both the Angus Award in Scotland and the Lancashire County Library Childrens Book of the Year Award and was chosen as one of the World Book Day Super Reads in 2001.
Raiders Tide, published in February 2002, is Maggie Princes first novel with CollinsChildrens Books. This historical story from the prize-winning author is a powerful romantic drama set in border country during Elizabethan times and has received fantastic reviews.
Page-turning excitement with a warm, strong story of a young womans first love at its heart The reader vividly shares the fears, frustrations and yearnings of this sixteenth-century border community, whose lives, though ordered by their traditions, shelter private secrets of crime and passion.
As well as writing for children, Maggie has worked as a teacher, a freelance journalist and an information officer in London and Johannesburg. Her previous books include Memoirs of a Dangerous Alien which won the WHSmith Mind-Boggling Book Award in 1995, was shortlisted for both the Angus Award in Scotland and the Lancashire County Library Childrens Book of the Year Award and was chosen as one of the World Book Day Super Reads in 2001.
Raiders Tide, published in February 2002, is Maggie Princes first novel with CollinsChildrens Books. This historical story from the prize-winning author is a powerful romantic drama set in border country during Elizabethan times and has received fantastic reviews.
Page-turning excitement with a warm, strong story of a young womans first love at its heart The reader vividly shares the fears, frustrations and yearnings of this sixteenth-century border community, whose lives, though ordered by their traditions, shelter private secrets of crime and passion.
Novels
Witch Hill (1982)
Dragon in Drain Pipe Prince (1983)
Glory Hole (1984)
Dragon in the Family (1985)
Wishing Powder (1986)
Rachel On the Run (1987)
Memoirs of a Dangerous Alien (1994)
Pulling The Plug On The Universe (1995)
The House On Hound Hill (1996)
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed (1996)
Dragon in Drain Pipe Prince (1983)
Glory Hole (1984)
Dragon in the Family (1985)
Wishing Powder (1986)
Rachel On the Run (1987)
Memoirs of a Dangerous Alien (1994)
Pulling The Plug On The Universe (1995)
The House On Hound Hill (1996)
Here Comes a Candle to Light You to Bed (1996)
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