Jo Simmons lives in Brighton with her husband Steve and their two children, George and Dylan. They share their home with a dog called Betty and a cat called Pickle (before you ask – no, they don’t get on. Pickle lives upstairs; Betty lives downstairs).
Jo studied English at Warwick University and journalism at Cardiff University. She has been a journalist for a really long time, but the Pip Street children’s books are her first go at fiction.
Jo likes sleeping, running and eating ice cream straight from the pot, though not all at the same time, of course. That would be silly. And impossible.
Jo studied English at Warwick University and journalism at Cardiff University. She has been a journalist for a really long time, but the Pip Street children’s books are her first go at fiction.
Jo likes sleeping, running and eating ice cream straight from the pot, though not all at the same time, of course. That would be silly. And impossible.
Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy
New and upcoming books
Series
Pip Street
1. A Whiskery Mystery (2013)
2. A Crumpety Calamity (2013)
3. The Pesky Pig Panic (2014)
How Bobby Got His Pet (2014)
4. The Big Brother Bother (2014)
The Great Kitty Kidnap (2015)
1. A Whiskery Mystery (2013)
2. A Crumpety Calamity (2013)
3. The Pesky Pig Panic (2014)
How Bobby Got His Pet (2014)
4. The Big Brother Bother (2014)
The Great Kitty Kidnap (2015)
Reluctant Vampire Queen
1. The Reluctant Vampire Queen (2022)
2. Queen Bites Back (2023)
3. The Reluctant Vampire Queen Finds Her Fangs (2024)
1. The Reluctant Vampire Queen (2022)
2. Queen Bites Back (2023)
3. The Reluctant Vampire Queen Finds Her Fangs (2024)
Novels
I Swapped My Brother On The Internet (2018)
The Dodo Made Me Do It (2018)
My Parents Cancelled My Birthday (2019)
I Stole My Genius Sister's Brain (2020)
I Lost My Granny in the Supermarket (2021)
The Day My Family Disappeared (2022)
The Day the Hiccups Took Over (2023)
The Day of the Jackdaw (2024)
The Dodo Made Me Do It (2018)
My Parents Cancelled My Birthday (2019)
I Stole My Genius Sister's Brain (2020)
I Lost My Granny in the Supermarket (2021)
The Day My Family Disappeared (2022)
The Day the Hiccups Took Over (2023)
The Day of the Jackdaw (2024)
Jo Simmons recommends
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