Abi Elphinstone is a Scottish author of

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Early life

Elphinstone grew up near

Edzell Edzell (; ; ) is a village in Angus, Scotland. It is 5 miles (8 km) north of Brechin, by the River North Esk. Edzell is a Georgian-era planned town, with a broad main street and a grid system of side streets. Originally called Slateford, ...

Angus, Scotland Angus (; ) is one of the 32 Local government in Scotland, local government council areas of Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland, lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City (council area), Dundee City and Per ...

. She is the eldest of four siblings. She was at

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Stracathro Stracathro () is a small place in Angus, Scotland. It was the site of a Roman camp, Roman marching camp as their forces invaded to the north. Location Stracathro is located southeast of Edzell in north-east Angus. It lies to the north-east of ...

and at

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St Andrews St Andrews (; ; , pronounced ʰʲɪʎˈrˠiː.ɪɲ is a town on the east coast of Fife in Scotland, southeast of Dundee and northeast of Edinburgh. St Andrews had a recorded population of 16,800 , making it Fife's fourth-largest settleme ...

. She then went to

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to read English. Before becoming a full-time author, Elphinstone worked as a teacher in various secondary schools in England and Tanzania.

Career

Her first book, ''The Dreamsnatcher'', was published in 2015. Since then, she has published a further thirteen novels, with ''Sky Song, Saving Neverland'' and the ''Ember Spark'' series all hitting the bestseller charts.

Personal life

Elphinstone is married with three children and lives in Scotland. She is a

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for the Lamp of Lothian charity and regularly works for literacy charities across the UK.

Publications

* ''The Dreamsnatcher'' (2015) * ''The Shadow Keeper'' (2016) * ''The Night Spinner'' (2017) * ''Sky Song'' (2018) * ''Rumblestar'' (2019) * ''Everdark'' (2019) * ''The Snow Dragon: The Perfect Book for Cold Winter's Nights, and Cosy Christmas Mornings'' (2019) * ''Jungledrop'' (2020) * ''Casper Tock and the Everdark Wings'' (2020) * ''The Bickery Twins and the Phoenix Tear'' (2020) * ''The Snow Dragon'' (2020) * ''The Crackledawn Dragon'' (2021) * ''Zeb Bolt and the Ember Scroll'' (2021) * ''The Frost Goblin'' (2022) * ''Saving Neverland'' (2023) * ''Ember Spark & The Thunder of Dragons'' (2024) * ''Ember Spark & The Frost Phoenix'' (2024) * ''Ember Spark & The Unicorn's Secret'' (2025)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Elphinstone, Abi Living people Alumni of the University of Bristol British children's writers 21st-century British women writers People from Angus, Scotland People educated at St Leonards School Year of birth missing (living people) Writers with dyslexia British writers with disabilities