Jenny nimmo author biography for book

January 15, &#x; Windsor, Berkshire, England

Writer

British author Jenny Nimmo writes about spell-casting cats and youngsters who inherit magical powers. The author of more than four dozen books for children and young-adult readers, Nimmo did not begin writing in earnest until she became a mother, though she had always written far-fetched, sometimes gory tales when she was in her teens. &#x;A lot of people, my teachers particularly, used to throw my books back at me and tell me not to write such rubbish,&#x; she once recalled in an interview that appeared on the HarperCollins Web site. &#x;I took them at their word and I stopped writing. Perhaps if I&#x;d persevered then I might have started writing earlier, but I didn&#x;t have the confidence.&#x;

Sent to boarding school

Nimmo has lived in Wales for years, and some of her best-known fiction draws upon ancient Welsh legends. But she is English by birth, a native of the Berkshire district, whe

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