Jill Hucklesby

Jill lives and works by the sea near Brighton. As well as being a children’s author, she has written for children’s TV and the stage.  She is currently working on her third book for young teens.  ‘Deeper Than Blue’ won the 1066 Schools’ Book award and was shortlisted for the Bolton Children’s Book award and the Cumbrian Spellbinding award.  It was also long-listed for the Branford Boase award for an outstanding first novel for children. Since launching her website, she has had many lovely messages and many of them are for Zack, her Golden Retriever!

Here's an interview with Jill, talking about If I Could Fly:

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Featured Books, with extracts by Jill Hucklesby

Samphire Song
Jill Hucklesby
A warm-hearted story that captures how a girl’s love for a beautiful, proud but troubled horse helps her to manage her own sadness after the death of her father. Jodie lives for horses and when her mum says she can...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 04/07/2011
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If I Could Fly
Jill Hucklesby
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. A haunting and magical story about the living and the dead and those who seem able to live somewhere in between. Calypso Summer is on the run. She can’t remember why...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/01/2011
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The Last Kiss Of The Butterfly
Jill Hucklesby
With themes of family, friendship and change at the forefront of this moving, passionate and engrossing tale of a mother and daughter Last Kiss of the Butterfly will hook you in to its pages and take you on a rollercoaster...
Featured in: 11+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/08/2008
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