Val McDermid - Children's Author

Val McDermid is the author of 22 bestselling novels, which have been translated into 30 languages, and have sold over 10 million copies. She has won many awards internationally, including the CWA Gold Dagger for best crime novel of the year and the LA Times Book of the Year Award. She was inducted into the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame in 2009. My Granny Is a Pirate is Val's first children's book. Val divides her time between Manchester and Alnmouth. Click here for a Q&A with Val.

---

Featured Books, with extracts by Val McDermid

My Granny is a Pirate
Val McDermid
Hugely successful, internationally bestselling and multi award-winning author Val McDermid writes her first picture book for children.  This wonderfully cuddly granny started life as a cabin girl and now sails the seven seas as a redoubtable pirate seeing off her...
Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 05/07/2012
Info   Extract   Wishlist   Compare Price   Buy