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Ali Sparkes | |
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| Born | Alison Sparkes 1966 Southampton, England |
| Occupation | Author |
| Notable works | The Shapeshifter Car-Jacked |
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Ali Sparkes (born 1966) is a British children's author.
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Ali Sparkes | |
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| Born | Alison Sparkes 1966 Southampton, England |
| Occupation | Author |
| Notable works | The Shapeshifter Car-Jacked |
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Ali Sparkes (born 1966) is a British children's author.
Her books include The Shapeshifter series of 6 books, Out of this World (a prequel to The Shapeshifter and first released as Miganium), Unleashed, a series of 5 books (a spin-off/sequel series of The Shapeshifter, centered on some of the other Shapeshifter characters), Dark Summer, Frozen in Time , Wishful Thinking, Destination Earth, the Monster Makers series, and the S.W.I.T.C.H series. [1]
Her debut book The Shapeshifter: Finding the Fox was nominated for the 2007 Bolton Children's Book Award. She has also won two Blue Peter Book Awards: "Book I Couldn't Put Down" and "Book Of The Year", for her book Frozen in Time. [2] [3]
Her 2015 novel Car-Jacked was a 2017 Red House Children's Book Award nominee. [4]
Sparkes is from Southampton and attended Bitterne Park School. [5] She previously worked as a journalist for the Southern Daily Echo and for BBC Radio Solent. [5]
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