Earlybird tickets now on sale for the Hay Festival

VENUE: Hay Festival, Wales
1 pm

Francesca’s 2014 events now announced!

Some of Francesca’s 2014 events have now been announced and bookings are open. Events at February half-term include the Imagine Children’s Festival in London and the Jorvik Viking Festival in York.

Celebrate 20 years of Horrid Henry in 2014!

Horrid Henry is 20 years old this year!

The brand new Horrid Henry storybook is out now!

The latest Horrid Henry book from Francesca Simon called Horrid Henry’s Nightmare is out now. Don’t forget to pick it up!

How we made: Horrid Henry

Author Francesca Simon and illustrator Tony Ross describe how their mischievous, much-loved characters give children the thrill of being bad – without the consequences

Fabulous Francesca Facts

"Families are great sources of comedy because they are about people trapped together. Only the parents chose to be there and the rest of you are stuck with these people that you might not necessarily like"

"Nobody feels emotions like children and with Henry, the war is constant and total. Anyone who has lived in a family has these shared experiences - the car journey from hell, nits or vomiting"

"I’ve never met a child who doesn’t love hearing stories. It’s a good way of introducing them to books and it’s a great way of getting them to understand stories that they might not be able to read themselves"

"We all love stories, it all helps making sense of the world"

"Horrid Henry speaks to the impish, rebellious child in all of us"

"My first book was called Papa Forgot and was published in 1993"

"I’ve written over fifty books"

"My birthday is 23rd February"

"I’m a bit scared of the dark"

"My hobbies are reading, cooking and going to the theatre"

"My favourite author is Anthony Trollope"

"My most disliked food is beetroot"

"My favourite colour is aquamarine"

"My favourite food is scallops"

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