Meredith Badger

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Meredith Badger is a children's book author. Her books include the Fairy School Dropout series, the Tweenie Genie series, and two books in the Go Girl! series. She has also written other works, including the young adult novel Shift, under the pseudonyms Em Bailey, M.C. Badger, H.I. Larry [1]

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She published her first writing piece in DOLLY Magazine when she was fifteen years old. [2]

Badger was born in Australia and now lives with her daughter and husband in Germany. [3] [4]

Bibliography

As Meredith Badger

Fairy School Dropout series

  • Fairy School Dropout, Feiwel & Friends, 2010
  • Fairy School Dropout Undercover, Feiwel & Friends, 2010
  • Fairy School Dropout: Over the Rainbow, Feiwel & Friends, 2011

Tweenie Genie series

  • Tweenie Genie: Genie in Training, Feiwel & Friends, 2011
  • Tweenie Genie: Genie High School
  • Tweenie Genie: Genie In Charge

Go Girl! series

  • Go Girl! #11: Camp Chaos, Feiwel & Friends, 2008
  • Go Girl #12: Back to School, Feiwel & Friends, 2008

As Em Bailey

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References

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