Lauren St.John - Children's Author

Lauren St John was born in Gatooma, Rhodesia, now Kadoma, Zimbabwe. At 11, she and her family moved to Rainbow's End farm and game reserve, the subject of her acclaimed memoir, and she grew up surrounded by animals, including eight horses, two warthogs and a pet giraffe. After nearly a decade as golf correspondent to The Sunday Times, followed by a sojourn in the US, riding the tour buses of alt. country stars like Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle and the Dixie Chicks, she wrote the bestselling 'White Giraffe' series. 'Dead Man's Cove', the first in her new mystery series about 11-year-old detective, Laura Marlin, won the 2011 Blue Peter Favourite Story and Book of the Year Awards.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Lauren St.John

Race the Wind
Lauren St.John
April 2013 Book of the Month  A thrilling new horse adventure story from award-winning Lauren St John. In this sequel to The One Dollar Horse, Casey Blue is now the proud and race-winning owner of Storm, the horse she saved from...
Featured in: 11+ readers | 14+ readers | Books of the Month | Pony Mad
Format: Hardback - Released: 04/04/2013
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The One Dollar Horse
Lauren St.John
Blue Peter prize-winner Lauren St John tells a thrilling rags-to-riches story in this gripping story of one girl and her dream. Horse-mad Casey has only one dream: to ride a winner in the Badminton Horse trials. But Casey lives in...
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Format: Paperback - Released: 31/01/2013
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Kentucky Thriller
Lauren St.John
The thrills of the Kentucky Derby are at the heart of this exciting new Laura Marlin Mystery. When Laura saves the life of a stolen race horse, the reward for her and her best friend Tariq is a once in...
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Format: Hardback - Released: 02/08/2012
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Laura Marlin Mysteries 2 : Kidnap in the Caribbean
Lauren St.John
From Cornwall to the Caribbean, 11-year-old ace detective Laura Marlin comes face to face with pirates, sharks, criminal masterminds and an erupting volcano in her second mystery adventure, which follows the Blue Peter award-winning first book Dead Man's Cove....
Featured in: 9+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012
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The One Dollar Horse
Lauren St.John
Blue Peter prize-winner Lauren St John tells a thrilling rags-to-riches story in this gripping story of one girl and her dream. Horse-mad Casey has only one dream: to ride a winner in the Badminton Horse trials. But Casey lives in...
Featured in: 11+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 01/03/2012
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White Giraffe Box Set
Lauren St.John
All four White Giraffe stories by Blue Peter Book Award winning author Lauren St John, are beautifully packaged in a presentation gift box.  Join Martine in these heart-warming stories, as she discovers her special gift of healing, rescues beached dolphins...
Featured in: 9+ readers
Format: Hardback - Released: 06/10/2011
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Laura Marlin Mysteries 2 : Kidnap in the Caribbean
Lauren St.John
From Cornwall to the Caribbean, 11-year-old ace detective Laura Marlin comes face to face with pirates, sharks, criminal masterminds and an erupting volcano in her second mystery adventure, which follows the Blue Peter award-winning first book Dead Man's Cove....
Featured in: 9+ readers | Books of the Month
Format: Hardback - Released: 07/07/2011
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Dead Man's Cove: A Laura Marlin Mystery
Lauren St.John
A Lovereading4kids 'Great Read' you may have missed 2011 selection. Shortlisted for the Galaxy Children's Book of the Year Award 2011. Overall winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2011 and winner of the Favourite Story Category. From the author of the much-loved...
Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers | Book Awards
Format: Paperback - Released: 24/03/2011
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Dead Man's Cove: A Laura Marlin Mystery
Lauren St.John
Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2011: Favourite Story*. Feisty orphan Laura Marlin is rescued from her life in a children’s home by her mysterious Uncle Calvin. Laura loves everything about her new life in Cornwall but soon realises...
Featured in: 9+ readers | Book Awards
Format: Hardback - Released: 05/08/2010
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