Emily Smith
| Titles: | A Stain on the Stone, Astrid The Au Pair From Outer Space, Waterbound, What Howls At The Moon In Frilly Knickers, When Mum Threw Out The Telly |
| Category: | Children's |
| Agent: | Caroline Walsh |
| Georgina Ruffhead |
Emily Smith has a background in law and journalism. She started writing for children when her youngest was one.
In 1996, her first book, The Good Manners Prize, was published in a reading series. It is about a mother who gets fed up with her children's bad manners (where does she get her ideas from?). Then Astrid The Au Pair From Outer Space was published as a Young Corgi in 1999 and won Silver in the Nestle Smarties Book Prize. It is under option for film adaptation. Two years later The Shrimp, also a Young Corgi, won the Nestle Smarties Book Prize Gold Award in the 6-8 category.
Her other books for children include Annie And The Aliens, Patrick The Party Hater, Robomum and Joe Versus The Fairies (Young Corgi) and What Howls At The Moon In Frilly Knickers? and When Mum Threw Out The Telly (Orchard Books) for older children.
Emily lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and three children.
