Cristy Burne - Children's Author

Cristy Burne has joint New Zealand and Australian citizenship, has travelled widely and lived for several years in Japan as a teacher and editor. It was during this time that she became fascinated with Japanese folklore and the supernatural yokai - demons - which are very much a part of Japanese culture, but little known outside Japan. Cristy has spent most of her career as a science writer and currently works for a computing network designed to solve global problems. She won the Voices on the Coast Youth Literature Award for emerging writers, in Queensland, Australia, and the inaugural Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Children's Book Award (click here to find out more about this prize). Cristy and her husband live in East London.

Visit Cristy's website for downloads and resources.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Cristy Burne

Takeshita Demons 3: Monster Matsuri
Cristy Burne
As with the author's two earlier Takeshita Demons titles this is a fast-paced, compulsive read that appeals to a wide audience; children as young as 8 or 9 through to adults. Each of the titles is a standalone read...
Featured in: 9+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/06/2012
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Takeshita Demons 2 : The Filth Licker
Cristy Burne
The Filth Licker is the eagerly awaited sequel to Takeshita Demons, winner of the inaugural Diverse Voices Children's Book Award.  Cristy Burne's gripping story of Miku, a feisty young Japanese girl living in England, and her fight against the...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 02/06/2011
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Takeshita Demons
Cristy Burne
Winner of the inaugural Frances Lincoln Diverse Voices Award 2009 A thrilling contemporary adventure wittily shot through with the powerful fantasy stories of the old demons from the Japanese past. Miku knows about the demons from growing up in Japan where...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 03/06/2010
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