Ali Sparkes (born 1966) is a British

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author.

Books

Her books include ''

The Shapeshifter ''The Shapeshifter'' is a series of books by Ali Sparkes. The series follows the life of a boy named Dax Jones and is primarily set in England, firstly in the Cornwall area and later in the Lake District. During the first book, Finding the Fox, ...

'' series of 6 books, ''Out of this World'' (a prequel to ''The Shapeshifter'' and first released as ''Miganium''), ''Unleashed,'' a series of 5 books (a spin-off/sequel series of ''The Shapeshifter'', centered on some of the other ''Shapeshifter'' characters), ''

Dark Summer ''Dark Summer'' is a 1992 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary. It was the ninth book featuring Sydney homicide detective Scobie Malone, and begins with the discovery of a corpse in Scobie's swimming pool. The dead man was an informer involved ...

'', '' Frozen in Time'', ''Wishful Thinking'', ''Destination Earth'', the ''Monster Makers'' series, and the ''S.W.I.T.C.H'' series. Her debut book '' The Shapeshifter: Finding the Fox'' was nominated for the 2007

Bolton Children's Book Award The Bolton Children's Book Award is an annual award given to works of children's literature published in paperback during the previous year. The award is sponsored by Bolton Literacy Trust, The University of Bolton and Page Nation. List of prize w ...

. She has also won two

Blue Peter Book Award The Blue Peter Book Awards were a set of literary awards for children's books conferred by the BBC television programme ''Blue Peter''. They were inaugurated in 2000 for books published in 1999. The Awards have been managed by reading charity, ...

s: "Book I Couldn't Put Down" and "Book Of The Year", for her book ''Frozen in Time''. Her 2015 novel '' Car-Jacked'' was a 2017

Red House Children's Book Award The Federation of Children's Book Groups Children's Book Award is a set of annual literary prizes for children's books published in the U.K. during the preceding calendar year. It recognises one "Overall" winner and one book in each of three cat ...

nominee.

Personal life

Sparkes is from

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and attended Bitterne Park School. She previously worked as a journalist for the '' Southern Daily Echo'' and for

BBC Radio Solent BBC Radio Solent is the BBC's local radio station serving Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios on Havelock Road in Southampton. According to RAJAR, the station has a ...

References

External links

* * Living people 1966 births English children's writers {{UK-child-writer-stub