Emma Carroll 🇺🇦
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Bookworm. Tea-drinker. Dog-lover. Not really royal. Author of LETTERS FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE etc THE HOUDINI INHERITANCE coming July ‘24 ( Faber) she/her
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THE HOUDINI INHERITANCE publishes this week. Here’s where I’ll be in July & beyond. Please come along! Be smashing to see you!
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After cancer treatment, I couldn’t have children and I’ve often wondered where all that hope, anxiety and love got to go. I’m an auntie, a ‘literary godmother’ to my best pal’s daughter, a creator of characters, a devoted dog mum. So here’s to mothering in all its forms.❤️
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Yes, it’s my 50th today & the world is currently bonkers, but I’ve still got a deadline. Because we’ll all be wanting new books to read come October, won’t we? ( please say yes!)
@FaberChildrens
@_Reading_Rocks_
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@ReadingExplorer
The only person outed here is the hater. This is 2019. You go in being your very best self, John. Much love & respect. X
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52 today & ruddy delighted to be fit & well & still here!
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17yrs ago today I was diagnosed with cancer. Now 11th Nov has a happier association for me. Happy birthday little frosty book!
@simonkids_UK
@JodieHodges31
#samusher
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Proof copies of
#theghostgarden
are here and they’re beautiful! Thank you
@BarringtonStoke
@kirstinlamb
! If you’d like one I’m doing a
#Giveaway
. Retweet to enter by weds 5th Feb !
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PARENTS! TEACHERS! STUDENTS! FREE ONLINE WRITING SESSIONS! Starting Tues 12th at 10am I’m going to share with you the early stages of writing my next book on Instagram Live. Join in by writing your own story. We can cheer each other on!
Full details here...
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Six years ago before Frost Hollow Hall came out, I perched a copy on the shelf at
@WaterstonesPicc
just to see what it looked like. Today my babies take up half a shelf, plus a spot on the table. Feeling very lucky
@FaberChildrens
@JodieHodges31
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Why I love children’s books reason one hundred and one.
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When I was diagnosed with Her-2 breast cancer in 2004 aged 34 my prognosis was bleak. Just 6mths later I was the first in my NHS Trust to get Herceptin, thnks to Labour gov who agreed to fund it. For many Her-2 patients like me Herceptin has been a game-changer.
#WorldCancerDay
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Proud as punch- and a little bit stunned- to be Waterstones Book of the Month for August!
Our Children's Book of the Month is a real treat: the glorious new book from the author of Letters from the Lighthouse,
@emmac2603
. This new adventure is set in 1922 when the discoveries of ancient Egypt are the talk of the world...
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Sending HUGE love and respect to teachers, support staff, students back in school tomorrow (and to those who've been in all along). Thinking of you.
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Just received author visit request for a school IN THE SEYCHELLES. Don't hate me.
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14years ago the NHS pumped me full of cancer drugs and kindness. THANKYOU from the bottom of my heart.
#NHS70
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Dear Ms Braverman
Zooming schools this morning with
#lettersfromthelighthouse
a story about wartime evacuees & refugees, I’ve met primary kids who get compassion more than those in charge.
Refugees & migrants are real people, not weather systems.
Kindly pay attention to history
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THE NEWS IS OUT! Macmillan Children's Books lands Carroll's sequel to Ibbotson classic via
@thebookseller
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I have watched this more times than I’d care to admit.
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🔥🔥🔥SHE’S HERE!!🔥🔥🔥
Publication Day for The Little Match Girl Strikes Back! Cannot WAIT for you to read Bridie’s story and be dazzled by
#laurenchild
art work. Thank you all at
@simonkids_UK
xxx
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Hello! My latest offspring has arrived!
The most beautiful book has landed on our desks this morning 😍
The Queen of Historical fiction returns to the Second World War in When we were Warriors, publishing 7th February 🔥✨
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Proud of this one star review for Letters From the Lighthouse. ...." thinly veiled snowflake bleating about refugees and asylum seekers" ....
If the story's got up some bigot's nose, my work is done.
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Only one publisher wanted my debut Frost Hollow Hall. No auctions, no pre-empts, no big offers. Yet
@FaberChildrens
saw something in my work that others didn’t. I’ve built my career with them & we’ve now sold over 500k books together.
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The news is OUT!!! This is such an honour, I can’t tell you.
#LaurenChild
is illustrating THE LITTLE MATCHGIRL STRIKES BACK! I cannot wait to share with you her incredible work on the story. Thank you to Lauren,
@LucePearse
@racheldenden
& all at
@simonkids_UK
@Candlewick
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The NHS is broken. We have no functioning GP service here in South Somerset. I’ve had post cancer surgery cancelled. Every health prof I speak to is distraught. So to see how the BBC are reporting the junior doctors strikes is disgrace.
#JuniorDoctorsStrike
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One very emotional author! A finished copy of Escape to the River Sea! Thank you
@MacmillanKidsUK
@SarahEAHughes
#evabbotson
for such a wonderful experience- writing this book has been SUCH a joy. Xxx
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@ImMeganCollins
Male bookseller: 'Ah, great, you've arrived in my bookshop for a signing? The shop's a bit untidy.. here's a broom... would you mind giving the floor a quick sweep?'
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It’s LAUNCH DAY!! Cracking open the PG Tips! On the train to London with my gorgeous mum!
@MacmillanKidsUK
#escapetotheriversea
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My mum in-law came to Somerset as an evacuee + inspired me to write Letters From the Lighthouse. Today, I visited the school she attended in a tiny village+ saw her name in the school's log book. Years 5+6 now study Letters and Warriors + weren't aware of the connection!
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Birthdaying in the sunshine with my favourite girl. 54 today & still here! ( that’s me, btw, not Olive)
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DEAD CHUFFED to be nominated TWICE for
@CarnegieMedals
for Truthwater Lake & Match Girl, plus
#Laurenchild
is nominated for her Match Girl illustrations! What a morning! Thank you so much library people!!
@FaberChildrens
@simonkids_UK
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Fancy a little sneaky peak at the sequel?
#lettersfromthelighthouse
#whenwewerewarriors
@FaberChildrens
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LOOK at those SPREDGES! This is the special indie bookshop edition of Truthwater Lake, coming to a bookshop near you this Thursday! Also: a limited number are SIGNED! Whoop!
@FaberChildrens
@DJTerrazzini
@booksaremybag
@bookshop_org_uk
#indie
#bookshop
#booksellersassociation
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IT'S RIVER SEA O'CLOCK...
Here is
@katiehickey195
incredible cover for ESCAPE TO THE RIVER SEA, coming June 2022 with
@MacmillanKidsUK
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The total THRILL of holding a finished copy in your hands. THANKYOU
@FaberChildrens
& in particular my incredible editor
@AliSewan
whose guidance towards the magic helped me find it.
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Raising a glass tonight to my lil’ ole book & the brilliant team at
@FaberChildrens
who made it happen. Special ‘cheers’ to my editor
@AliSewan
& illustrator
@DJTerrazzini
Every single book feels special & this one, my 12th full length MG novel, has my 💙🏊🏼💙
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DELIGHTED to receive this nomination today for The Somerset Tsunami alongside some truly remarkable books! Thank you
@CILIPCKG
!
Congratulations to
@emmac2603
, whose incredible novel The Somerset Tsunami has been nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal.
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Dear teachers, if any of you are feeling slightly miffed about the brand new book title from a certain BIG kids author, you’re not alone.
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I’ve just had a hug & a lovely cheek kiss from MICHAEL MORPURGO!!! Never washing again!
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LIBRARIANS! TEACHERS! I’ve 3 FREE copies of the audiobook version of The Somerset Tsunami to
#GiveawayAlert
#giveaway
read by the superb
@KatherinePress
. Retweet & reply. Winners picked this Friday pm! 🌊🌊🌊
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Letters from the Lighthouse has just *ahem * won the 9-11 Leeds Book Awards!
@FaberChildrens
@JodieHodges31
!
Here it comes (drumroll)... the winner of the 9-11 category at
#LeedsBA18
is.....
@emmac2603
! Well done Emma! 😃
@LeedsSLS
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I’m on a train! To London! To sign 3000 books! See you soon
@FaberChildrens
!
#theweekatworldsend
#aircon
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BIG NEWS!! I'm delighted to be working with
@simonkids_UK
+
@LucePearse
on a new project. Starting with Night At The Frost Fair this Nov, illustrated by wonderful
#SamUsher
, followed by The Little Match Girl Strikes Back next yr! ( My MG hist fict remains with
@FaberChildrens
)
Emma Carroll (
@emmac2603
) is to release a new range of books with
@simonkids_UK
- the first title, A Night at the Frost Fair, is illustrated by Sam Usher and out in November
(£)
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Today is a deliciously brilliant, delightfully GOTHIC sort of day…
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Dear teachers & school support staff, a heartfelt happy Xmas & festive thank you for all you do to inspire & support. I can only imagine how IMMENSE this term has been. Wishing you a peaceful, feast-filled hols. You ruddy deserve it! Yours in total admiration, Emma C x
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Then there were THREE! 2022 is a bumper publishing year for me. So lucky to have worked with
@faberchildrens
@simonkids_UK
@MacmillanKidsUK
3 brilliant editors
@AliSewan
@LucePearse
@SarahEAHughes
& magical illustrators
@DJTerrazzini
@katiehickey195
#laurenchild
. Thank you all!
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THANKYOU to every bookseller, reader, teacher, librarian, book lover who made this happen! I'm stunned!
@FaberChildrens
@UA_Books
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My ruddy lovely husband is building bookshelves for my writing room. First book to be shelved? The one that made my dream come true!
#frosthollowhall
@FaberChildrens
@JodieHodges31
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Woohoo! So much thanks to
@FaberChildrens
who, in 2012, saw something in Frost Hollow Hall! Also
@JodieHodges31
whose guidance has helped me make a career of writing. And to booksellers, librarians, book lovers everywhere! It’s always a team thing. Thank you! X
Please join us in celebrating a HUGE milestone for the utterly fantastic
@emmac2603
, who has now sold over half a million copies! Hip hip hooray!! 🎉
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When you go for a mammogram & the radiographer’s kids are reading your books!
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Writing something very dear to my heart today. Stay tuned.
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We have a TITLE! Publishing Oct 1st 2020 with
@FaberChildrens
Can’t wait for you to meet Ray, Stevie & Polly!
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THANKYOU to everyone who voted for Letters From The Lighthouse to win Leeds Book Awards. Trophy arrived today!
@LeedsSLS
@FaberChildrens
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MUCH WHOOPING! The Somerset Tsunami is Children's Book of the Week in today's
@thetimes
! A thousand thank yous
@aoconnell
!
@FaberChildrens
@UA_Books
@JodieHodges31
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Pretty stunned to be nominated for
#CKG19
for both Sky Chasers AND Sun King! THANKYOU librarians!
@FaberChildrens
@chickenhsebooks
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IT’S PROOF TIME!! So excited to receive first copies of Escape to the River Sea! Such an honour to work on this story! Thank you
@MacmillanKidsUK
#journeytotheriversea
#evaibbotson
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BBC News - Children's book inspired by Somerset's 1607 killer wave
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A heartfelt thankyou to libraries everywhere. Nearly 45k loans on my books last year- up on previous years. Evidence- if we need it- that people ARE using their libraries!
#PLR
@FaberChildrens
#librarytwitter
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Completely SOLD OUT of all my books today within an hour & a half!
#skychasers
#lettersfromthelighthouse
@FaberChildrens
@chickenhsebooks
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So many books!!! Loved our warehouse visit to see MORE
#somersettsunami
copies. Any excuse to wear a hi- vis jacket, frankly.
@FaberChildrens
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So sad to hear the news about Marcus Sedgwick. I was lucky to have him as a mentor on my MA course at Bath Spa. We’d also run into each other via
@arvon__
He was always kind, generous, good company. Here we are in 2015 at Totleigh Barton, having a giggle.
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You know what I’d love to write? A Jane Eyre retelling with a husband in the attic.
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My handsome new writing chair & not a Jack Russell’s bottom in sight... yet.
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2023 was the rare year of no brand new books from me, and I’m grateful to have had the privilege of time to consider what I want as a writer. SPOILER: it’s not what I *thought* I wanted at the start of the year. Am I ending the year happier than I started it? A resounding YES.
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Hello 2020! This is the year I turn 50, see the publication of as yet unnamed book set during Cuban Missile Crisis
@FaberChildrens
& The Ghost Garden for
@BarringtonStoke
. Also aim to start first book for adults. Climb every mountain & all that! (In between having a lie down)
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Delighted to have TWO books on the 2019 Young Quills Prize for Historical Fiction! Go Magpie! Go Kyky!
@chickenhsebooks
@FaberChildrens
Thanks for the heads up
@jazzbartlett
. x
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I’m in a garden that’s not my own! Let’s celebrate!!
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It's here!!! Sky Chasers has landed +
@dc_litchfield
's cover looks even more wonderful in the flesh. Rather proud of how Magpie's story turned out. Big THANKYOUS to
@chickenhsebooks
@ElinorChicken
@thebigideacomp
@UA_Books
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EXCITING NEWS! It was an absolute dream to be asked to help celebrate one of my favourite childhood books. And just LOOK at the new anniversary cover by
#nicobrown
Thank you
@viragopress
@DCoonan3
! You can read more in
@_thebookseller
@jodieho31
#carrieswar
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Hello? Three books coming out in 2021, you say? Yup, that's right.
@BarringtonStoke
@FaberChildrens
@simonkids_UK
Details here...
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LOOK what’s arrived! A finished copy of A NIGHT AT THE FROST FAIR, beautifully illustrated by
#samusher
. Out Nov 11th Available to pre-order from all bookish places! Thank you
@LucePearse
@simonkids_UK
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Indeed she has… The Little Match Girl Strikes Back is coming 15th Sept. Story by me, illustrations by Lauren Child!
@simonkids_UK
@Candlewick
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Yesterday I started a little project I’ve been mulling over for a ’s not under contract, it might not see the light of day, but my goodness it’s FUN to write just for the merry hell of it!
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Don’t hate me, Twitter, but look what’s just arrived!
@AndersenPress
@philearle
@PabloBee84
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TA DA!!!
The queen of children's historical fiction
@emcarrollauthor
returns with The Houdini Inheritance, coming this July & today we're thrilled to have her here to reveal the stunning cover illustrated by
@DJTerrazzini
!
Preorder your copy here:
@FaberChildrens
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Oh I’m such an old softie. This had me blubbing at breakfast.
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Can we take a moment to SWOON over the new jacket for Secrets of a Sun King by
@DJTerrazzini
@faberchildrens
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I am SO PROUD + DELIGHTED for this! Cannot wait to see it.
@FaberChildrens
@UnitedAgents
ANNOUNCING 📣 our 2021 Christmas production: ‘Frost Hollow Hall’ 🎄🎁
Prepare to get into the FESTIVE SPIRIT as we welcome you back for Christmas at East Riding Theatre! 💛
Proudly sponsored by Lairgate Financial.
🗓️ 9th December to 2nd January
🎟️
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Today I have taken delivery of the most BEAUTIFUL original piece of art from
@DJTerrazzini
I think we all know which book this will soon be adorning…
@FaberChildrens
😍
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Today’s the day! 🌊🌊🌊
'How could there be a storm about to arrive when the sky was clear blue and cloudless? There wasn't so much as a breath of wind.
Everything was very still. Very hushed.
I realised what was missing then: gulls . . .'
The Somerset Tsunami by
@emmac2603
is out now! 🌊
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Happiness is… gazing at Mr Carroll with my arms full of dogs & a cup of tea on the table.
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TEACHERS! PARENTS! KIDS AT HOME! I'll be chatting 'Letters From The Lighthouse' next week on
@FaberBooks
Booktime. It was a real treat to revisit this story- hope you enjoy!
@FaberChildrens
@_Reading_Rocks_
#edutwitter
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