Karen Wallace was born in Canada and grew up in a log cabin in the backwoods of Quebec where she spent her early years playing in the river, climbing trees and building toboggan runs in the winter.

Karen came to England when she was eleven to go to boarding school, however, eighteen months later she left there to finish her secondary education at a day school in Surrey. A brief spell in France and a design course later, Karen successfully completed an honours degree in English at London University, after which, she and her husband went to Toronto to work in the publishing business. After living in Ireland for several years, Karen and her family returned to England in 1982 and Karen began writing for children full time in 1991.

For Franklin Watts, Karen has written for the highly successful Wonderwise, Sparks and Famous People Famous Lives series. Her titles include: It Takes Two, Hiding, Chomp Munch Chew (Wonderwise), Viking Raiders (Sparks) and Marie Curie (Famous People).

Karen has worked for many other publishers including Walker Books, Oxford University Press, Macmillan and Simon and Schuster. She also writes scripts for children's television and commentary for natural history programmes.

Karen lives with her husband and two sons and her most fervent hope is that while she wishes to grow old gracefully she will never grow up!

Bibliography

Reading Corner Where Are My Shoes? Leapfrog The Emperor's New Clothes Hopscotch Clever Cat Marvin, The Blue Pig

Wonderwise Chomp, Munch Chew! Hiding It Takes Two   Famous People Famous Lives Marie Curie Thomas Edison

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