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Rosie Rushton You’ve found it!

I am thrilled to welcome you to my website where you can find out all about my books for teens and young adults. I do hope you will email me, not just to tell me what you think about the books I have already written, but to let me know just what YOU want to read about – all those issues and dilemmas that make you feel as if you’re the only person in the universe with that kind of problem. Every couple of months I will be writing a newsletter to tell you about forthcoming publications, and to keep you up to date with my latest projects. If you have read some of my books and are looking for new titles, check out the bibliography page – and if you zap onto the links page, you’ll find a whole heap of other websites full of fascinating information about other authors who write similar books.

I am asked lots of questions by young people - here are the answers some of the most frequent!

Where do you live?

In Northamptonshire

How old are you?

62

Have you any children?

Yes, three daughters who are all grown up. I have five grandchildren as well, which is just fantastic

Have you always been an author?

No – it happened by accident. I wrote short stories for women’s magazines, was a feature writer for a regional daily newspaper and then, when my youngest daughter started a new school, I wrote a humorous book about the pitfalls and pleasures of dealing with stroppy teachers, hideous school uniform and school dinners that resembled quick-drying concrete. Piccadilly Press agreed to publish it – and then they asked me to write another book and another and another and….

What are your favourite hobbies?

Travelling, church activities, reading, going to the theatre, researching my family tree, gardening, walking

What were your favourite books when you were a child?

Little Women, What Katy Did, Anne of Green Gables, anything about horses, Ballet Shoes and then, when I was a teenager, everything by Charlotte Bronte, Jane Austen, Charles Dickens and Elizabeth Goudge.

If you weren’t an author, what would you be doing now?

I am a licensed lay minister in the Church of England – so I guess that would be my main activity. When I was younger I wanted to be a foreign correspondent for the BBC, or a speech therapist working with children.

Where do you get your ideas from?

Young people I speak to in schools; snippets from newspapers (that’s where the idea for Last Seen Wearing Trainers came from - click here for info); conversations overheard on trains (I’m a committed eavesdropper!) and thoughts that spring into my head, usually when I’m cutting my toenails or digging the garden.

NB I am once again accepting invitations to visit schools within a reasonable travelling distance of Northampton [or those prepared to put me up in overnight hotel accommodation].

[Photograph of Rosie Rushton reproduced by kind permission of Northamptonshire Newspapers]


 

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