Angie Sage (born 20 June 1952) is an English author of children's literature, including the ''

Septimus Heap '' Septimus Heap'' is a series of fantasy novels featuring a protagonist of the same name written by English author Angie Sage. In all, it features seven novels, entitled ''Magyk'', ''Flyte'', '' Physik'', ''Queste'', '' Syren'', ''Darke'', an ...

'' series, the ''TodHunter Moon'' trilogy, and the ''Araminta Spook'' series (''Araminta Spookie'', in the United States).

Life

According to her publisher's biography, Sage grew up in the Thames Valley, London and

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

. 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 ''Magyk'' (an archaic spelling of "Magic") is a fantasy novel written by English author Angie Sage. It is the first book in the seven-book ''Septimus Heap'' series. The sequel, ''Flyte'' was released in March 2006, ''Physik'' in March 2007, ''Qu ...

''.

Board books

*1998: ''Alphabet Express'' *1999: ''Number Bus'' *2000: ''Rainbow Rocket'' *2000: ''Animals on Safari'' *2000: ''Noah's Ark'' *2001: ''Alphabet Bus'' *2001: ''Learning Bus'' *2001: ''Farmyard Families'' *2002: ''Sea Life Sub''

Bibliography

The following is a list of books written by Angie Sage. It does not include books that were only illustrated by her. ''Septimus Heap'' series *''Septimus Heap, Book One:

'' (Released 2005)Magyk
/ref> *''Septimus Heap, Book Two:

Flyte ''Flyte'' is a 2006 children's novel by Angie Sage and the second book in the '' Septimus Heap'' series. The book's cover was modelled after the in-story book: ''How to Survive Dragon Fostering: A Practykal Guide'' with the Flyte Charm lying o ...

'' (Released 2006)Flyte
/ref> *''Septimus Heap, Book Three: Physik'' (Released 2007)Physik
/ref> *''Septimus Heap, Book Four: Queste'' (Released 2008)Queste
/ref> *''Septimus Heap, The Magykal Papers'' (Released 2009, supplement to the series) *''Septimus Heap, Book Five: Syren'' (Released 2009)Syren
/ref> *''Septimus Heap, Book Six: Darke'' (Released 2011) *''Septimus Heap, Book Seven: Fyre'' (Released 2013) ''TodHunter Moon'' trilogy (sequel to ''Septimus Heap'' series) *''TodHunter Moon, Book One: PathFinder'' (Released 2014) *''TodHunter Moon, Book Two: SandRider'' (Released 13 October 2015) *''TodHunter Moon, Book Three: StarChaser'' (Released 11 October 2016) StarChaser at amazon.com
/ref> ''Araminta Spook'' series *''Araminta Spook, Book One: My Haunted House'' (Released 2006) *''Araminta Spook, Book Two: The Sword in the Grotto'' (Released 2006) *''Araminta Spook, Book Three: Frognapped'' (Released 2007) *''Araminta Spook, Book Four: Vampire Brat'' (Released 2007) *''Araminta Spook, Book Five: Ghostsitters'' (Released 2008) *''Araminta Spook, Book Six: Gargoyle Hall'' (Released 2014 in the UK) *''Araminta Spook, Book Seven: Skeleton Island'' (Released 2015 in the UK)

References

External links

Angie Sage article
at Kidsreads.com
Angie Sage interview
at Bookbrowse.com * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sage, Angie English fantasy writers English horror writers English illustrators British women illustrators British children's writers British children's book illustrators Writers who illustrated their own writing Living people 1952 births People from Kent English women writers 20th-century illustrators of fairy tales 21st-century illustrators of fairy tales Women science fiction and fantasy writers 20th-century English women 20th-century English people