Francesca Simon

Horrid Henry is utterly wicked, and totally brilliant. He’s back in a new book, his 25th no less, and his 100th adventure. Come and meet creator Francesca Simon and hear where the inspiration for Henry comes from.  Bring your questions too, and your ideas for what Horrid Henry could get up to next.

Simon spent her childhood on the beach in California and started writing stories at the age of eight. She wrote her first Horrid Henry book in 1994, from where it went on to conquer the globe, selling over 21 million copies worldwide and in 31 different languages.  She has won the Children’s Book of the Year Award and has been a judge for the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, BBC Radio 2’s 500 Words competition and the Roald Dahl Funny Prize. In 2009, in one of the proudest moments of her career, Simon was awarded a Gold Blue Peter badge.

Age 6+