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Francesca Simon

Jo chats to one of the nation’s most popular authors, Francesca Simon, who reads from one of her much loved Horrid Henry books for Storytime.

Jo chats to one of the nation’s most popular authors, Francesca Simon, who reads from one of her much loved Horrid Henry books for Storytime.

Francesca Simon spent her childhood on the beach in California, and started writing stories from the age of eight. She then went to Yale and Oxford Universities to study medieval history and literature. She threw away a lucrative career as a medievalist and worked as a freelance journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, Telegraph, and Vogue (US).

It was reading so many stories to her son Joshua that encouraged her to start writing children’s books and many of Francesca’s stories have been inspired by real life situations. One of Francesca’s most successful and irrepressible creations has been the famous (or should that be infamous) Horrid Henry, who first appeared in 1994.

Horrid Henry has gone on to conquer the globe and his adventures are published in 27 languages, and have sold millions of copies worldwide.

2 hours, 57 minutes

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Wed 6 May 2020 20:00
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    Aries (feat. Peter Hook and Georgia)

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    Your Feets Too Big

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    A Case Of You

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    Babies

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    • Island.

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    Mr. Bojangles

  • Chairlift

    Bruises

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    Black Dog

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    Rock Bottom Rock

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    The Things We Do for Love

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Broadcast

  • Wed 6 May 2020 20:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2