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Francesca Isabella Simon (born 23 February 1955) is a British American author living in London, who is mostly known for writing the popular ''Horrid Henry'' series of children's books. She is the daughter of screenwriter, director and playwright Mayo Simon. == Biography == Francesca Simon, the author of ''Horrid Henry'' books, was born in St Louis; she grew up in California and attended both Yale and Oxford universities where she majored in medieval studies and Old English. Simon changed careers as a medievalist and worked as a journalist, writing for the ''Sunday Times'', ''Guardian'', ''Mail on Sunday'', ''The Daily Telegraph'' and ''Vogue'' (US). Simon's favourite writer is Anthony Trollope After she had her son Joshua in 1989, she started to write children's books full-time. Simon is one of the UK's best-selling children's writers; she has published over 50 different books, including the immensely popular ''Horrid Henry'' series, which has now sold over eighteen million copies. Simon won the Children’s Book of the Year in 2008 at the British Book Awards for ''Horrid Henry and the Abominable Snowman''. The ''Horrid Henry'' series is published in 24 countries. She lives in London with her husband Martin, son Joshua. Their Tibetan spaniel, Shanti died in Autumn 2013, but is memorialized in the short story ''Shanti'' that Simon wrote for inclusion in the Paws and Whiskers anthology by fellow author Jacqueline Wilson published in February 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francesca Simon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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