Lisa Thompson (author)
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Lisa Thompson is an English author of children's books.


Biography

Thompson was born and raised in the
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,
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), England. After leaving school at age 16, she worked in insurance for a couple of years. In 1991, she joined the BBC, eventually becoming a radio broadcast assistant. She left the BBC in 2002 and later became a freelance radio broadcast assistant with an independent production company. At age 43, Thompson debuted her first book.


Writing

Thompson's debut novel, ''The Goldfish Boy'', was published by Scholastic in 2017. A review in '' Kirkus'' wrote that the book "strikes the perfect balance, seemingly without compromise, between an issue-driven novel and one with broad, commercial appeal." ''The Goldfish Boy'' was a national bestseller and was shortlisted for the
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. The following year, Thompson published ''The Light Jar''. The book was described in ''
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'' as a "a thoughtful and hugely empathetic book". It was followed by ''The Day I Was Erased'' (2019) and ''The Boy Who Fooled the World'' (2020). Thompson's first novella, ''Owen and the Soldier'' (2019), was published by Barrington Stoke and became the first
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-friendly title to be shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards. That same year, Thompson contributed a short story to ''Return to Wonderland'', a collection of new stories set in
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's fictional world. Her second novella, ''The House of Clouds'', was published in 2020, and in 2021 ''The Graveyard Riddle'' (which revisited characters from her first novel, ''The Goldfish Boy'') was followed by her third novella, ''The Small Things''. ''The Rollercoaster Boy'' and ''The Treasure Hunters'' were released in 2022 and 2023 respectively, as were ''Sidney Makes a Wish'' and ''Carrie and the Roller Boots'', two stories for younger children with illustrations by Jess Rose, which were her fourth and fifth titles for Barrington Stoke. Further books followed.


Personal life

Thompson is married to Stuart and they have two children, Ben and Isobel.


Published works


Novels


Novellas


For younger children


Short stories


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Lisa 1973 births People from Hornchurch 21st-century English women writers English children's writers Living people Writers from the London Borough of Havering