Mary Hoffman
Mary Hoffman has written over 100 books for children. Amazing Grace, commended for the Kate Greenaway medal, and its sequels has sold over 1.5 million copies. As well as the successful Stravaganza sequence of teenage novels, translated into over thirty languages, The Great Big Books series of information books for younger readers, illustrated by Ros Asquith has done very well. The first, The Great Big Book of Families, won the inaugural SLA Information Book Award in the under 7s category.
Mary loves to write historical fiction and her books for Bloomsbury - The Falconer's Knot, Troubadour and David - have been followed by Shakespeare's Ghost and The Ravenmaster's Boy. She runs a widely-read blog called The History Girls. Mary is an Honorary Fellow of the Library Association (CILIP) and lives in Oxfordshire.
Authored Books
David
Author: Mary Hoffman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
This is a rich and colourful tale full of excitement
Troubadour
Author: Mary Hoffman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Children's Books
Early in the thirteenth century, Elinor's parents attempt to marry her off to an elderly nobleman but she escapes disguised as a boy, with a troupe of travelling entertainers.
Grace at Christmas
Author: Mary Hoffman
Illustrator: Cornelius Van Wright and Ying-Hwa Hu
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
The meaning of Christmas is encompassed in this tenderly yet realistically illustrated contemporary family story about sharing and celebration
The Great Big Book of Feelings
Author: Mary Hoffman
Illustrator: Ros Asquith
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
How are you feeling today? This warm-hearted and thoughtful picture book explores a whole range of emotions that children might experience.
Starring Grace
Author: Mary Hoffman Illustrator: Caroline Binch
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
There is no end to Grace's imagination! It is the school holidays and she and her friends spend their time playing at being everything from doctors to ghost-hunters.
The Falconer's Knot
Author: Mary Hoffman
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Romance, art, monasticism and murder in Umbria, 1316. Hoffman has specialised in creating atmospheric historical novels, filled with intrigue...
The Great Big Green Book
Author: Mary Hoffman
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
The Great Big Green Book is filled with facts about our planet, and asks lots of questions to help children think about green issues. The book also gives simple tips on how you can save the environment.
The Colour of Home
Author: Mary Hoffman Illustrator: Karin Littlewood
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
On Hassan's first day at school he paints a colourful picture of his home and family in Somalia, but then adds soldiers, flames and bullets.
Grace and Family
Author: Mary Hoffman Illustrator: Caroline Binch
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
In this sequel to Amazing Grace, Grace is invited by her father to visit him in Africa. In the Gambia she meets his family and explores new relationships and a new culture.
The Great Big Book of Families
Author: Mary Hoffman Illustrator: Ros Asquith
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
The Great Big Book of Families is about the diversity of families. The simple message is that every family is unique and special and that there is no such thing as "normal" or "abnormal". Books simply don’t get much more inclusive than this.