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Biography
Sharon Tregenza (née Rosewall) is a British author of children's books, stories and verse. She was born and grew up in Penzance, Cornwall. Her work, often described as mystery with a touch of magic, has been published and broadcast worldwide. She is represented by Rebecca Bagnell at the Lindsay Literary Agency
Personal life
Tregenza travelled widely with her husband and two children, living for many years in Cyprus, Dubai and Sharjah, where she worked in the library of the American School of Dubai and then taught conversational English to local girls before returning to the United Kingdom to study at the University of Bristol.
After moving to Pembrokeshire, she completed her MA in Creative Writing at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and more recently acquired a second MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University.
She is a member of The Society of Authors, The Scattered Authors Society, The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and the Children’s Book Insider.
Tregenza now lives, and writes, in a lovely converted chapel in the village of Box just outside the historic city of Bath.
Books
Tarantula Tide
In August 2008, Sharon won Floris Books' Kelpies Prize 2008 Award at the Edinburgh Book Festival. As a result, the book she submitted, Tarantula Tide, about young sleuths on Shetland, was published by Floris, on 16 October 2008. The book also received the Heart of Hawick Children's Book Award, voted for by schoolchildren, in 2010.
The Shiver Stone
The Shiver Stone is a middle-grade thriller set in a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, South Wales. It was published in 2014 by Firefly Press.