Angie Sage

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Angie Sage
Born (1952-06-20) 20 June 1952 (age 71)
Thames Valley, England, UK
OccupationAuthor
NationalityBritish
GenreFantasy
Notable works Septimus Heap series
Children2 [1]

Angie Sage (born 20 June 1952) [2] is an English author of children's literature, including the Septimus Heap series, the TodHunter Moon trilogy, and the Araminta Spook series (Araminta Spookie, in the United States).

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Life

According to her publisher's biography, Sage grew up in the Thames Valley, London and Kent. She tells how her publisher father brought home blank books, and she would write and illustrate her own stories in these. She began to study medicine, but moved instead to the Art School in Leicester to study graphic design and illustration, using these skills to begin illustrating books.

Her first novel was the first in her Septimus Heap series: Magyk . [3]

Publications

The following is a list of books written by Angie Sage. It does not include books she only illustrated.

Board books

Septimus Heap series

TodHunter Moon trilogy (sequel to Septimus Heap series)

Araminta Spook series

Other books

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References

  1. Sage, Angie. "Angie Sage: My Story". Angie Sage. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
  2. Birthday tweet from Angie Sage, twitter.com; accessed 23 April 2018.
  3. "Angie Sage". Goodreads. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  4. Magyk
  5. Flyte
  6. Physik
  7. Queste
  8. Syren
  9. StarChaser at amazon.com