Linda Anne Chapman (born 15 January 1969 in

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

) is a British writer, principally of series for younger children. She is particularly known for her fantasy books about unicorns, mermaids and magic and has co-authored books with Julie Sykes (Unicorn Academy, Mermaid Academy and Forever Homes), Michelle Misra, Lee Weatherly and Steve Cole. She also writes the Superpowers series as Alex Cliff (her own pseudonym). She has written several of the series books published under the names Lucy Daniels, Jenny Dale, Daisy Meadows (

Rainbow Magic ''Rainbow Magic'' is a British children's fiction brand originally created by Working Partners and now owned by IoM Media Ventures. It is best known for the children's books published by Orchard Books. The books are ghostwritten by a number of ...

), Rosie Banks (Secret Kingdom and Secret Princesses) Katie Chase (Little Princesses), Amber Castle (Spell Sisters), Astrid Foss (Snow Sisters), Tilda Kelly, Posy Diamond and

Lauren Brooke Lauren Brooke is the pen name of popular author Linda Chapman and Beth Chambers who have written the books for "Heartland". Beth Chambers went on to write the series "Chestnut Hill" which Cathy Hapka also contributed toward. In 2007, ''Heartl ...

, either as part of a

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or as a

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. She has written "about 290" books. She currently lives in a

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village with her husband and three children. The Superpowers series features boys and "I wrote it under the name Alex Cliff in case the name Linda Chapman put any boys off."

Novels

* ''Bright Lights'' (2003) * ''Centre Stage'' (2004) – sequel to ''Bright Lights'' * ''Genie Us'' (with

Steve Cole Steve Cole (born August 17, 1970) is an American smooth jazz saxophonist. He is also a professor/adviser of music business at the University of St. Thomas. Early career and education Cole was born in Chicago, Illinois and began to play musi ...

) (2009) * ''Genie and the Phoenix'' (with

) (2010)

Series

* My Secret Unicorn * Stardust * Not Quite a Mermaid * Unicorn School * Genie Us (with Steve Cole) * Sky Horses * Skating School * Loving Spirit * Sophie and the Shadow Woods (with

Lee Weatherly Lee may refer to: Name Given name * Lee (given name), a given name in English Surname * Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee: ** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname ** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese ...

) * Mr Monkey * Best Friends Bakery * Star Friends * Mermaids Rock * Moonlight Riders * Magic Keepers * A Pony Called Angel * Hello Kitty's Friendship Club (with Michelle Misra) * Wild Friends (with Michelle Misra) * Dinosaur Land (with Michelle Misra) * Angel Wings (with Michelle Misra) * Unicorn Academy (with Julie Sykes) * Mermaid Academy (with Julie Sykes) * Forever Homes (with Julie Sykes)

As Alex Cliff

* Superpowers

As Daisy Meadows

(with Sue Bentley,

Narinder Dhami Narinder Dhami (born 1958 in Wolverhampton) is a British children's author. Early life Dhami's father was an Indian immigrant from the Punjab who arrived in the UK in 1954, and her mother is English.Rainbow Magic ''Rainbow Magic'' is a British children's fiction brand originally created by Working Partners and now owned by IoM Media Ventures. It is best known for the children's books published by Orchard Books. The books are ghostwritten by a number of ...

As Lauren Brooke

Heartland (novel series) ''Heartland'' is a 26-novel series created by Lauren Brooke, and begun in 2000 with the novel ''Coming Home''. The series is about a girl named Amy Fleming, who lives on a horse ranch called Heartland in Virginia, where she, family, and friends ...

As Jenny Dale

* Pony Tales

As Lucy Daniels

Animal Ark ''Animal Ark'' is a children's book series written by a collection of authors under the direction of Ben M. Baglio using the pseudonym Lucy Daniels starting in 1994. They have now been published in the USA under the name Ben M. Baglio as a pse ...

* Animal Ark Pets * Little Animal Ark * ''The Horseshoe Trilogies''

As Amber Castle

* Spell Sisters

As Rosie Banks

* Secret Kingdom * Secret Princesses

As Astrid Foss

* Snow Sisters

As Posy Diamond

* Bridesmaids Club

References

External links

*
Linda Chapman's Circle of Secrets and Magic
* * under her real name – with linked pseudonym Amber Castle and several joint pseudonyms 1969 births Living people British children's writers Writers from Liverpool {{UK-writer-stub