Alison Prince
Home address:
Burnfoot, Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran, KA27 8QL, ScotlandTelephone:
01770 700574Fax:
01770 700204Email:
alison.prince1@virgin.netWebsite:
www.alisonprince.co.ukBRAW network:
yesLL funded:
yesBiography:
Career a series of accidents, really, most of them fairly agreeable. Studied art and taught it, then slid accidentally into writing TV programmes for children. (Joe, Trumpton and Jackanory stories). About 36 books have followed. Won Guardian Children's Fiction Award, Literary Review Grand Poetry Prize. Lives and works on Arran, and is increasingly reluctant to leave it. Photograph copyright Alison Prince.
About writer's events and projects:
Not looking for anymore at the moment.
Language:
EnglishAge groups:
5-8, 9-12, TeensBooks written
When the King came riding in on his horse, a murmur went up, because his tunic was stitched with the words "Declare I Dare Not". All the ladies were giggling behind their hands, and I asked ...
Next to your family, friends are the most important people in your life. But friends come in many guises - school friends, imaginary friends, animal friends, even someone in your own family. This ...
'The crow's harsh voice cut through Con's dream, and his eyes flew open. The big bird was standing on the window sill, staring in.' Con and his family have moved to a huge rambling house deep in the ...
Boojer is sick of being stuck in a hutch with no company and an owner who hardly ever remembers to feed him. Encouraged by some cheerful mice, he manages to escape. Boojer is only in search of juicy ...
Bumble the hamster belongs to Rosie, and he knows it's his job to keep her happy. He entertains her with pocket diving, ear tickling and finger balancing. Then mice arrive in the house. Rosie isn't ...
Cat Number 1 is Bert, and Cat Number 2 is Whistle. They live with Erni, and everything is fine until one day, a sly black cat called Jezebel sneaks in to win a share of their food and Erni's ...
It is 1501 and Eva is making the greatest trip of her life - from Spain to London as lady-in-waiting to the Spanish bride of Arthr, Prince of Wales, Catherine of Aragon. But Prince Arthur does not ...
Fran is looking forward to a girl of her own age coming to stay, until Del arrives and turns out to be a citywise girl of mildly outrageous appearance who's not averse to scrawling graffiti and to ...
When Della Thomson arrives to stay with twelve-year old Fran on the island of Broray for a week, Fran is full of hope and expectation. But Della is a surly and unsociable girl from Glasgow, ...
A story set during World War II. It is the summer of 1944. There have been no air raids for quite a while, and people are beginning to think the war may be coming to an end. Katie and her family ...
A story set during World War II. It is the summer of 1944. There have been no air raids for quite a while, and people are beginning to think the war may be coming to an end. Katie and her family ...
When Dan's plumber dad asks him to help out fixing a shower he agrees - but gets more than he bargained for when the house floods! What are they to do?
The court of King Henry VIII is brought brilliantly to life in this My Story special. Spanning a period of 20 years, the fates of all Henry's six wives are told from the perspective of two young ...
11 year-old Howard Grainger is living with his mum through the Second World War Blitz in London. How's dad is away fighting the war, and How has grown used to the nightly bombing raids - he just gets ...
Ever since her beloved cat Jacoby died, fifteen year-old, Tig has been miserable. She and her mother barely speak, she is haunted by the presence of her hated stepfather, and longs to meet her real ...
Dale's got no job, no girlfriend and he rows with his mum. Can his luck change? This is a perceptive dark comedy from an award-winning writer.
In 'The Two Jacks', a new teacher mixes up Jack the perfect pupil and Jack the naughty boy, with surprising results. In 'Screw Loose', Roddy sees his school in a new way when he suddenly becomes the ...
Eva De Puebla comes to England as lady in waiting to Catherine of Aragon, the Spanish bride of Arthur, Prince of Wales. Witness the pomp, plots and political wrangling of the Tudor court of Henry VII ...
Cal would rather avoid reality. He hates school; his teachers are badgering him to decide on a career; his sister Jess has moved away from the Scottish island where they live, and the band they play ...
On the Money is a book of four stories by Theresa Breslin, Jonathan Meres, Nicola Morgan and Alison Prince, exploring issues of financial responsibility for children.
Joey is a "coster boy" in the East End of London - selling oranges to make his living. He feels a bit different from the other barrow boys - people say his real father was a lord. When a ...
The first in a new series of "OneCity" books (crime and London to follow in 2009), this is a cracking collection of specially commissioned stories for upper primary school children, by nine ...
Miriam doesn't understand why her mum is buying more food than
they need, and storing it away. Or why her parents have given her
the nickname, Mandy. Her friend Pam says it's because war is ...
You know how useful a screwdriver can be for taking things apart? In Roddy's hands it becomes a tool for taking the whole school apart. This is great fun for him, but putting everything together ...
You know how useful a screwdriver can be for taking things apart? In Roddy's hands it becomes a tool for taking the whole school apart. This is great fun for him, but putting everything together ...
Written with reluctant readers in the 8 to 13 years age group in mind, 'Second Chance' tells the story of a large unconventional family who move into an old beach cafe. They discover that they can't ...
After losing their dad en route to Glasgow to visit their Gran, Pete and Helen are left to cope on their own. How will they manage?
Deb's biker boyfriend likes to live - and drive - dangerously. She's hooked on the thrill of speed - but how long before her luck runs out?
Spud is a scruffy dog with a big heart - and an even bigger belly. He loves scrounging in dustbins and scaring cats, but what Spud loves more than anything is his owner, Mrs Piffey, and she loves ...
This is a collection of four marvellous 'Blue Moon Days' where the extraordinary really does happen! Dave grows up overnight and has to deal with Indian conjurers and rich traffic wardens. Fergus is ...
Since the death of his father, Mick, his mum and older sister Kate, have struggled to run a dishevelled B & B on the Scottish coast. Mick's mum relies on Mick now that his dad isn't around, and ...
Thirteen-year-old Kelly has always been enchanted by the legend of Robin Hood, and dreams of living among the green trees of Sherwood Forest. But her real life couldn't be more different. Moving to a ...
Chokker, Abby, Sue and their friends are desperate to know what's behind the drawn blinds and odd noises coming from the Proschynskis' summerhouse. And when they finally meet the kind but irritable ...
Lucy lives with her father in Southwark. All is well until his gambling losses escalate to the extent where he has to give the house over to a criminal gang, who take over while he and Lucy are ...
Dermot McDougall just doesn't understand girls - take his sister, Maeve, and her best friend, Hannah. They're horse mad! Now, if it were cars, or railways, or planes they were interested in, then ...
When gorgeous Paul arrives at Kerry's parents' holiday cottage, they quickly become friends and Kelly is thrilled. However, this is spoilt by her troubles at home, her mother's strange behaviour and ...
Books illustrated
You know how useful a screwdriver can be for taking things apart? In Roddy's hands it becomes a tool for taking the whole school apart. This is great fun for him, but putting everything together ...
You know how useful a screwdriver can be for taking things apart? In Roddy's hands it becomes a tool for taking the whole school apart. This is great fun for him, but putting everything together ...
Written with reluctant readers in the 8 to 13 years age group in mind, 'Second Chance' tells the story of a large unconventional family who move into an old beach cafe. They discover that they can't ...
