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- Anne Rooney writes fiction for children, and non-fiction for children and adults. She has published more than 150 books. She relishes the challenge of presenting a compelling and sophisticated story in simple, accessible language for teenagers with low levels of literacy.
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I'm Anne Rooney. I write short books for short people, longer books for longer people. Be a scribe! Your body will be sleek, your hand will be soft... You are one who sits grandly in your house; your servants answer speedily; beer is poured copiously; all who see you rejoice in good cheer.
I write books of all sizes for people of all sizes. On the whole, I write short books for short people and longer books for longer people. But I also write a fair number of short books for long people - they're for older readers who aren't yet confident with long books.
Anne Rooney is an award-winning author who has written several bestselling books on history, philosophy and science. She was longlisted for the prestigious Aventis Science Prize in 2004, was shortlisted for the ALCS Educational Writers' Award in 2015 and won the School Library Association Information Book Award in 2018.
Anne Rooney writes non-fiction for all ages from 5 to adult on a huge variety of topics and for all markets. She focuses on science and the history of science, with a big soft spot for dinosaurs, evolution and space — which happily overlaps with the interests of many 8-year-olds.
Jul 24, 2018 · Anne Rooney is a prolific writer of books for all ages, from a host of lavishly illustrated non-fiction books for children, to numerous books about the history of science for adult general readers. “Short books for short people and longer books for longer people” as she puts it.
Anne Rooney gained a degree and then a PhD in medieval literature from Trinity College, Cambridge. After a period of teaching medieval English and French literature at the universities of Cambridge and York, she left to pursue a career as a freelance writer.
