Amazing Author Visit - Frances Hardinge

Have you ever wondered how amazing tales are brought to life? Have you ever dreamt up far off lands with weird and wonderful creatures? Have you ever wanted to probe the brains of a successful, award winning author? Well today, Year 6 got the chance to do exactly that. Winner of the Costa Book Award 2015- Frances Hardinge - came in to school to give our children, alongside peers from Bancroft School and Mead Primary, a fantastical insight into her novels. 

Frances explained that she was inspired to write by her grandfather, who was very poor and left school at 14. By reading religiously every night, he learned everything that he could and put himself through teacher training, eventually resulting in him publishing an astonishing fourteen separate books! 

"I found Frances' ideas inspirational," said Endurance. 

"I want to go and write my own stories," quoted Razvan. 

Find out more about Frances and her books of double, triple and quadruple crossing characters at: www.franceshardinge.com