EMMA FINLAYSON-PALMER
Children's Writer
ABOUT
Emma Finlayson-Palmer lives in the West Midlands with her husband and a multitude of children, cats and chickens! She is an author and artist who loves to create magical worlds, and always dreamt about being an astronaut even though she is actually scared of heights.
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She runs #ukteenchat, a writing themed chat on Twitter; mentors for #WriteMentor and is one half of Word Witches, an editing and mentoring business, and loves working with other children's writers.
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Emma’s first book for 5-8 year old readers, Autumn Moonbeam: Dance Magic, will be published by UCLan in July 2022, followed by Autumn Moonbeam: Spooky Sleepover in October 2022.
Autumn Moonbeam: Dance Magic
February 16, 2022
The first book in the brand new series from UCLan publishing, AUTUMN MOOONBEAM: DANCE MAGIC, will be published on July 7th 2022. Written by Emma Finlayson-Palmer and illustrated by Heidi Cannon.
“Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of job: It’s always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.”