Abi Elphinstone Explained

Abi Elphinstone is a British children's author.

Early life

Elphinstone grew up near Edzell in Angus, Scotland.^{[1] [2]} At St Leonards School, she was dyslexic, and deemed "unteachable".^[1] She is one of four children, two others of whom are also dyslexic.^[1]

She studied English at the University of Bristol, before working as a teacher in Africa, Berkshire, and London.^{[2] [3]}

Career

Her first book was published in 2015, and by March 2020 had sold 225,000 books.^[4] Saving Neverland published in 2023 is a sequel to J M Barrie's, Peter Pan. Set in the present day, it features ten year old Martha Penydrop and her seven-year-old brother, Scruff. Elphinstone has imagined her own Neverland but retained some of the creatures from Barrie's classic story.^[5]

Personal life

Elphinstone is married to Edo, who works in finance, and they have two children.^[6]

Publications

• Sky Song, 2018
• Everdark
• The Snow Dragon, 2019
• The Frost Goblin
• The Crackledawn Dragon
• Rumblestar
• Saving Neverland

Notes and References

1. News: McDonald . Sally . How a little girl branded unteachable at school grew up to become a children's best-seller . 29 November 2022 . The Sunday Post . 28 March 2019.
2. Web site: Abi Elphinstone . Simon & Schuster . 29 November 2022.
3. Web site: Q&A with children's author Abi Elphinstone. www.primarytimes.co.uk.
4. News: Tivnan . Tom . &S inks new three-book Elphinstone deal . 29 November 2022 . The Bookseller . 30 March 2020.
5. Web site: An interview with Abi Elphinstone . 2023-04-06 . Just Imagine . en.
6. News: McDonald . Sally . Author Abi Elphinstone: I wrote to lift readers out of pandemic gloom... and make kids giggle . 29 November 2022 . The Sunday Post . 21 June 2021.