Linda Anne Chapman (born 15 January 1969 in

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) is a British writer, principally of series for younger children. She is particularly known for her fantasy books about unicorns, mermaids and magic and has co-authored books with Julie Sykes (Unicorn Academy, Mermaid Academy and Forever Homes), Michelle Misra, Lee Weatherly and Steve Cole. She also writes the Superpowers series as Alex Cliff (her own pseudonym). She has written several of the series books published under the names Lucy Daniels, Jenny Dale, Daisy Meadows (

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), Rosie Banks (Secret Kingdom and Secret Princesses) Katie Chase (Little Princesses), Amber Castle (Spell Sisters), Astrid Foss (Snow Sisters), Tilda Kelly, Posy Diamond and Lauren Brooke, either as part of a

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or as a

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. She has written "about 300" books. She currently lives in a

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village with her husband and three children. The Superpowers series features boys and "I wrote it under the name Alex Cliff in case the name Linda Chapman put any boys off."

Novels

* ''Bright Lights'' (2003) * ''Centre Stage'' (2004) – sequel to ''Bright Lights'' * ''Genie Us'' (with Steve Cole) (2009) * ''Genie and the Phoenix'' (with Steve Cole) (2010)

Series

My Secret Unicorn ''My Secret Unicorn'' is a series of children's books written by Linda Chapman. The series was first published between 2002 and 2007. The books feature the adventures of Lauren and her unicorn The unicorn is a legendary creature that has ...

* Stardust * Not Quite a Mermaid *

Unicorn School Unicorn School is a series of chapter books written by Linda Chapman and published by Puffin between 2007 and 2009. The series is about a Unicorn boarding school in a fictional land called Arcadia. The Unicorns in Arcadia go to school at nine yea ...

* Genie Us (with Steve Cole) * Sky Horses * Skating School * Loving Spirit * Sophie and the Shadow Woods (with

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) * Mr Monkey * Best Friends Bakery * Star Friends * Mermaids Rock * Moonlight Riders * Magic Keepers * A Pony Called Angel * Hello Kitty's Friendship Club (with Michelle Misra) * Wild Friends (with Michelle Misra) * Dinosaur Land (with Michelle Misra) * Angel Wings (with Michelle Misra) * Unicorn Academy (with Julie Sykes) * Mermaid Academy (with Julie Sykes) * Forever Homes (with Julie Sykes) * Superpowers

As Alex Cliff

* Superpowers

As Daisy Meadows

(with Sue Bentley,

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, and Sue Mongredien) *

As Lauren Brooke

Heartland (novel series) ''Heartland'' is a 25-novel series created by Lauren Brooke, and begun in 2000 with the novel ''Coming Home''. The series is about a girl named Amy Fleming, who lives on a horse ranch called Heartland in Virginia, where she, family, and friend ...

As Jenny Dale

* Pony Tales

As Lucy Daniels

Animal Ark ''Animal Ark'' is a children's book series written by a collection of authors under the direction of Ben M. Baglio using the pseudonym Lucy Daniels starting in 1994. They have now been published in the USA under the name Ben M. Baglio as a ps ...

* Animal Ark Pets * Little Animal Ark * ''The Horseshoe Trilogies''

As Amber Castle

* Spell Sisters

As Rosie Banks

* Secret Kingdom * Secret Princesses

As Astrid Foss

* Snow Sisters

As Posy Diamond

* Bridesmaids Club

References

External links

*
Linda Chapman's Circle of Secrets and Magic
* * under her real name – with linked pseudonym Amber Castle and several joint pseudonyms 1969 births Living people 21st-century pseudonymous writers British children's writers Pseudonymous women writers Writers from Liverpool {{UK-writer-stub