Anna's News!  

 

Cheryl Orsini

I've just heard from my publisher at Penguin that Cheryl Orsini will be illustrating Sophie's Salon! I'm completely delighted because love her work, especially the beautiful illustrations she did for Natalie Jane Pryor on The Dolls. If you would like to see some of her work you'll find her website here.

   

  

Violet Mackerel

Late in 2008 I received the very exciting news that Walker Books Australia will be publishing four of my stories in 2010. They are about a girl called Violet Mackerel, who has lots of theories about how the world might work. Some of them lead her into all sorts of muddles but others turn out to be exactly right.

 

Sophie's Salon

Early in 2009 I had some more wonderful news, this time from Penguin, who will be publishing another story of mine, Sophie's Salon, as an 'Aussie Bite' in 2010. Sophie is very good at styling people's hair, but (like lots of people) she sometimes finds friendships tricky.

Anna Branford

  

Welcome to the website of fledgling children's writer Anna Branford and her enormous furry black cat Florence (who listens to all her story ideas very patiently and never gives away the endings). Thank you for visiting us!  

  

 

© 2008 Anna Branford
 

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Here are some links you might like to look at:  

  

This is a blog about dolls and other things I like making.  

  

This is the market where I sometimes sell my dolls and where I first imagined Violet Mackerel (who also sells things she makes at a market).  

  

This is the website of one of my favourite children's authors, Beverly Cleary, who wrote the Ramona books.