Jenny Downham - Children's Author

Jenny Downham was our Guest Editor in January 2010. Click here to see the books she chose.

Jenny Downham was an actress for many years before concentrating on her writing full-time. She lives in London with her two sons. Her book Before I Die was critically acclaimed and was short listed for the 2007 Guardian Award and the 2008 Lancashire Children's Book of the Year, nominated for the 2008 Carnegie Medal and the 2008 Booktrust Teenage Prize, and won the 2008 Branford Boase Award.

Get to know Jenny more by watching her 30 second interview.

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Featured Books, with extracts by Jenny Downham

Now is Good
Jenny Downham
This is a haunting yet truly amazing read, winner of the Branford Boase Award 2008 as the title Before I Die, has now been made into a film called 'Now is Good' hence the title change for this film tie-in...
Featured in: 14+ readers
Format: Paperback - Released: 30/08/2012
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You Against Me
Jenny Downham
Best-selling award-winner Jenny Downham takes readers on a headlong rush into trouble in a teen novel to set readers of all ages thinking.  A passionate story about divided loyalties and overwhelming love. Jenny's debut novel Before I Die was the profoundly moving...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 07/07/2011
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You Against Me
Jenny Downham
Prize-winning Jenny Downham’s debut novel Before I Die was the profoundly moving story of the death of a teenager. Told with immense insight and compassion it showed Jenny’s talent for understanding the energetic positivity of teenagers; how, for them,...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Books of the Month | eBooks
Format: Hardback - Released: 02/12/2010
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Before I Die (Audio CD)
Jenny Downham
Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2008. This is a haunting yet truly amazing title but don't read it too young. Definitely not for someone less than 14 years old. If you knew you were going to die what would you want to...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards
Format: Cd-audio - Released: 03/09/2009
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Before I Die
Jenny Downham
Winner of the Branford Boase Award 2008. This is a haunting yet truly amazing read but don't read it too young. Definitely not for someone less than 14 years old. If you knew you were going to die what would...
Featured in: 14+ readers | Book Awards | eBooks
Format: Paperback - Released: 10/04/2008
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Before I die
Jenny Downham
While this book is an amazing we have to warn you it really is aimed at the 14+ readers. If you knew you were going to die what would you want to do? Imagine this from a teenage perspective when...
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Format: Trade Paperback - Released: 05/07/2007
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