Lucy Strange
@theLucyStrange
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Author, tea-drinker. I believe good children's books can change the world 📚 @chickenhousebooks @BarringtonStoke @WalkerBooksUK. Rep'd by @LBABooks
South East, England
Joined February 2009
People said the view from my writing shed would distract me from my work, and - honestly - it didn't. But it does now.
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THIS SATURDAY 23rd August, I'll be signing books at the lovely Happy Reading Children's Bookshop in Broadstairs! There'll be an exclusive early reading from Lockett & Wilde: The Ghosts of London - come and join the fun! Tickets via Happy Reading 🧡🧡🧡
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Hooray for AdventureMice!! Small Strange loves these beautifully illustrated, gorgeously fun stories 🧡.
Our highly-illustrated book 'Adventuremice: Mice, Camera, Action!', the sixth in the series, is out now, available at all good bookshops!. Visit for free, all-age drawing activities, author interviews and readings!🐭✍️📚⚓️. @philipreeve1 @DFB_storyhouse
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RT @ChildrenInRead: Please Retweet and help @BBCCiN.Authors & Illustrators join the wonderful Lucy Strange.@theLucyStrange and donate a sig….
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Come to my Ghostly & Gothic author event at the brilliant @bathkidslitfest Sat 27th Sept! We'll have spooky fun with Lockett & Wilde's Dreadfully Haunting Mysteries, and delve into my abridgement of Frankenstein for young readers! 9+.Tickets here 👇.
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SCHOOLS!!! DON'T MISS THIS!!!. 😱😱😱 👇👇👇.
🎉 LIMITED TIME OFFER for schools! 📚✨We’ve teamed up with @chickenhousebooks to bring you something seriously exciting. 🎁 The first 100 UK schools to subscribe to before 30th September 2025 will receive a FREE bundle of brilliant books in the post -
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RT @lonbookproject: Would you like to: .- Receive termly donations of books worth over £7400? .- Boost book chatter with our Book Sparks ca….
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RT @mazevansauthor: It is just ONE month until my first MG standalone, THE LAST BARD hits the shelves. Beautifully illustrated by Ali Al Am….
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🤗 Are you a working or aspiring or indeed procrastinating writer? Come and join me on my writing journey on 1nsta @views_fromthewritingshed where we're building a writing community! Cheerful ramblings about the process, support and solidarity and many golden nuggets of wisdom 😂
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RT @frankcottrell_b: I remember one of the Ahlberg's saying "we decided to put as much work into a picture book as Tolstoy put into War and….
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Ooh what a lovely surprise for your future self! 😁 Offer ends tonight! 🏃♀️🏃.
🌻👻🌻👻 Flash summer sale!! If you PRE-ORDER Lockett & Wilde 1 or 2, OR my abridged Frankenstein for younger readers, you'll get a phantom-tastic 25% OFF!! Use the code SUMMER25 at the link below before midnight Thurs 31st July!! 🌻👻🌻👻 #WPreorder.
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Helloo friends! I'll be sending out a newsletter v soon! If you'd like the occasional update on my books and events (I promise not to spam you!), just head to my website and scroll down to the bottom of the main page for the sign up box! Xx.
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RT @theLucyStrange: 🌻👻🌻👻 Flash summer sale!! If you PRE-ORDER Lockett & Wilde 1 or 2, OR my abridged Frankenstein for younger readers, you'….
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RT @janeconsidine: 📚 English leads A MUST READ 2025 #WhatKidsAreReading report Link here 👉 1. The more they read…th….
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RT @BenDixonAuthor: @BarbaraEvaV @theLucyStrange @WalkerBooksUK @LBA_agency I recommend Sisters of the Lost Marsh too. A modern classic in….
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RT @BarbaraEvaV: @theLucyStrange @WalkerBooksUK @LBA_agency Pre-ordered the new Lockett & Wilde!🎉 Fell in love with the first book and I ca….
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🌻👻🌻👻 Flash summer sale!! If you PRE-ORDER Lockett & Wilde 1 or 2, OR my abridged Frankenstein for younger readers, you'll get a phantom-tastic 25% OFF!! Use the code SUMMER25 at the link below before midnight Thurs 31st July!! 🌻👻🌻👻 #WPreorder.
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RT @Nostalgicshaz: Favourite thing about today was shopping in town with my eldest & bumping into one of the kids from my school & their mu….
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The #SummerReadingChallenge is the most lovely way to encourage kids to read over the holidays! What #StoryGarden (nature, forests, trees, flowers, wilderness) books would you add to this lovely list? 🌳🌿🌸🕷🪺🪱🌱.
Check out this week’s #StoryGarden booklist theme: Forests, Trees & Wilderness, stories rooted in forests, wild places, and natural magic. Head to your library or explore the books here 👉️ #SummerReadingChallenge
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Happy National Detective Day book lovers!! 🕵♀️🕵♂️ Thanks #mum_of_boys_northeast for this smashing review of Lockett & Wilde! Xx
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"An absolute belter" 💃💃💃.
#TheGhostsOfLondon - the second instalment in the Lockett & Wilde series by @theLucyStrange illustrated by #PamSmy is an absolute belter of a read. Superbly entertaining.
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