Margaret I. McAllister is an
English
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author
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of children's books, born in 1956. She grew up on the north-east coast of
England
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. Her first book, ''A Friend for Rachel'' (now entitled ''The Secret Mice'') was published by the
Oxford University Press
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in 1997. ''Urchin of the Riding Stars'', the first in
The Mistmantle Chronicles, was published by
Bloomsbury Publishing
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in 2005.
Bibliography
*''The Mistmantle Chronicles Book 1 : Urchin of the Riding Stars''
*''The Mistmantle Chronicles Book 2 : Urchin and the Heartstone''
*''The Mistmantle Chronicles Book 3 : The Heir of Mistmantle''
*''The Mistmantle Chronicles Book 4 : Urchin and the Raven War''
*''The Mistmantle Chronicles Book 5: Urchin and the Rage Tide''
*''The Life Shop''
*''A Friend for Rachel''
*''Hold My Hand and Run''
*''Ghost at the Window''
*''The Octave of Angels''
*''Never Wash Your Hair''
*''The Worst of the Vikings''
*''The Mean Dream Wander Machine''
*''The Doughnut Dilemma''
*''Winner''
*''My Guinea Pig is Innocent''
*''Snow Troll''
*''Black Death''
*''Threads of Deceit''
References
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1956 births
Living people
English children's writers