Young fans travel from far and wide to meet acclaimed children’s author Harriet Muncaster in Hitchin as she launches latest Isadora Moon title – The Comet, June 2017 Summer Reading Challenge: Hitchin, Letchworth and Baldock kids take part in record numbers – preview of the first Hitchin Children’s Book Festival, September 2017Īuthor Harriet Muncaster of the pink and glittery goth children’s character in the Isadora Moon series to hold literary events with crafts and biscuits in Watford, Hatfield, St Albans and Harpenden – Watford Observer, August 2017 Inaugural Hitchin Children’s Book Festival is a success – Write-up of the first Hitchin Children’s Book Festival, October 2017 Isadora Moon Goes to School, Isadora Moon Goes on a School Trip & Isadora Moon Goes to the Ballet by Harriet Muncaster – Book Reviews, Guest Post & Giveaway – With Love for Books, January 2018 Harriet Muncaster, author of the Isadora Moon series, chats to Bex in The Club! – Radio interview with Fun Kids Radio, February 2018 Through the eyes of a child: Well-known Irish parents on what they read to their kids – Irish Examiner, February 2018 Harriet Muncaster’s top 10 magical books – Harriet Muncaster guest-writing for the Oxford Owl Blog, February 2018 World Book Day 2018: Mayor and authors join kids for literature-themed fun – Hitchin Comet, March 2018 The Bookish Mummy meets Harriet Muncaster – The Bookish Mummy, March 2018 ![]() Isadora Moon’s Activities for Children – Harriet Muncaster guest-writing for the Waterstones Blog, April 2018 Guest Post: Sparking Imagination: the Unpredictable Influence of Children’s Books – Harriet Muncaster (Isadora Moon Makes Winter Magic) – Guest post for The Reader Teacher, September 2018Īre you more Sugar & Sparkle or Fangs & Moonlight? – Guest post for Minerva Reads, July 2018įairy at the Fair – (page 79) part of Hertfordshire Life’s Book Life write-up of the latest releases, May 2018 Harriet Muncaster BBC Three Counties Radio Interview with Nick Coffer, September 2018 Hitchin Children’s Book Festival is a hit with all ages again – write-up of the second Hitchin Children’s Book Festival, September 2018 The Best Books to Look Out For in 2020: Children’s and Young Adult – from the Waterstones Blog, December 2019īreaking records of sale Book Fair Of Madrid 2019 – summary of the Madrid Book Fair 2019, for which Harriet was one of the top three bestselling authors, June 2019 Harriet Muncaster Interview for TRESA – January 2020 ![]() You can see what she’s been up to lately in her life as an author/illustrator on her Harriet Muncaster blog.Īlison Curtis’s top 10 books for children – October 2020 She has a passion for creating miniature people and worlds. ![]() Harriet loves everything magical, sparkly, and teeny-tiny. Her great grandfather was the marine and landscape painter Claude Muncaster. She grew up in Hitchin in Hertfordshire and now lives with her husband and daughter near some beautiful countryside in Bedfordshire, England. Her family moved back to England when she was one-and-a-half. Harriet was born in 1988 in Saudi Arabia. When she is able to do public events, you can see her upcoming events here, and enquire about events using the contact form. In 2016, Oxford University Press published the first four Isadora Moon books.Īs Harriet spends almost all of her time writing and illustrating new books, she is not able to visit schools, bookshops and book festivals as often as she would like. I am a Witch’s Cat was followed by its sequel Happy Halloween Witch’s Cat in 2015. Harriet’s first book for young children, I am a Witch’s Cat, was published in 2014 by Harper Collins US, and won the Blue Hen Book Award. Harriet studied Illustration at the Norwich University College of Art, and completed a Master’s Degree in Children’s Book Illustration at Anglia Ruskin University in 2012, during which she was highly commended for the MacMillan prize for her Final Major Project. Harriet lives with her husband and daughter near some beautiful countryside in Bedfordshire, England. An animated series based on Isadora Moon and developed by Kelebek Media will be launched in autumn 2023. The Isadora Moon series won the El Corte Inglés Children’s Book of the Year in 2019 and has sold over 4 million copies worldwide. So far Isadora Moon is available in thirty-seven different languages, including Spanish, Italian, Romanian and Korean, and is available as audio books. ![]() Harriet Muncaster is the author and illustrator of the internationally bestselling Isadora Moon, Mirabelle and Emerald series of young reader books and the middle-grade Victoria Stitch series, both published by Oxford University Press.
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