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Polly Ho-Yen | |
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| Born | southampton, England |
| Occupation | Author |
| Website | https://www.pollyhoyen.com/ |
Polly Ho-Yen is an English author who writes books for both younger and older children and has also written a novel for adults
Ho-Yen was born in Northampton and grew up in Buckinghamshire. [1] She studied English at the University of Birmingham and worked both in publishing and as a primary school teacher. [2]
Her debut novel, The Boy In The Tower (2014), was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award, the Federation of Children's Book Groups Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. [3] [4] [5]
Her first adult novel, Dark Lullaby was published in 2021.
Ho-Yen is based in Bristol, where she set up the Bristol Teen Book Award for Bristol secondary schools. [3]
| Title | Year |
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| The Boy In The Tower | 2014 |
| Where Monsters Lie | 2016 |
| Fly Me Home | 2017 |
| Two Sides (Illustrated by Binny Talib) | 2019 |
| My Other Life (Illustrated by Patricia Hu) | 2020 |
| How I Saved The World In A Week | 2021 |
| The Boy Who Grew A Tree (Illustrated by Sojung Kim-McCarthy) | 2022 |
| The Day No One Woke Up | 2022 |
| The Last Dragon | 2024 [6] |
| Title | Year | Publisher | From |
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| The Glass House | 2023 | Farshore | Read, Scream, Repeat Various Authors (Compiled by Jennifer Killick) |
| Title | Year |
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| Dark Lullaby | 2021 |
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