Veronica Bennett

Children's Author

Birthday February 28, 1953

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Middlesex, England

Age 71 years old

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About

Children's novelist best known for her book Dandelion and Bobcat, which was published in 2000. She has written more than 2 dozen additional books, and some of her other titles include The Boy-Free Zone, Angelmonster, and Shakespeare's Apprentice.

Before Fame

She earned an Honors degree in English from University College in Cardiff before beginning her career as a freelance journalist. She also previously worked as an English lecturer for a time before becoming a writer of fiction.

Trivia

The Times Educational Supplement referred to Monkey as "an impressively well-written and audacious debut."

Family Life

She is married and has two children.

Associated With

Other children's novelists include Carrie Berk and Rachel Renee Russell.