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Name
  
Marie-Louise Jensen

Role
  
Author


Books
  
Between Two Seas, Sigrun's Secret, Lady in the Tower, The Lady in the Tower

Education
  
University of East Anglia

The lady in the tower by marie louise jensen waterstone s children s book prize 2009


Marie-Louise Jensen (born 22 September 1964) is an English children's author.

Contents

Book review the lady in the tower by marie louise jensen


Biography

Marie Louise Jensen (née Chalcraft) was born in Henley-On-Thames of an English father and Danish mother. Her early years were plagued by teachers telling her to get her head out of a book and learn useless things like maths. Marie-Louise studied Scandinavian and German with literature at the UEA and has lived in both Denmark and Germany. After teaching English at a German University for four years, she decided to return to England to care for her children full-time. she completed an MA in writing for Young people at the Bath Spa University in 2005. She reads, reviews and writes books for young people. She lives in Bath and home educates her two sons.

Awards and nominations

  • 2008 Between Two Seas shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize
  • 2009 The Lady in the Tower shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize
  • References

    Marie-Louise Jensen Wikipedia