Ruth Symes Explained

Ruth Louise Symes is the author of children's books and TV scripts including several episodes of Channel 4 / Jim Henson Company's series for pre-school children The Hoobs, and award-winning animation series PicMe. She has also worked with Channel 4 as the Writing Coach and Write a Children's Short Story competition Judge on the Richard & Judy show. One of her books Mondays at Monster School (Orion, 2005) was read on BBC television by Jenny Seagrove as part of the bedtime story hour.

Ruth Symes also writes for both adults and children under the pseudonym Megan Rix, with eight novels published by Puffin Books and an adult memoir published by Penguin's Michael Joseph imprint.

Biography

Raised in Enfield where she attended the Bishop Stopford's School at Enfield, Ruth Symes initially taught children with special needs before becoming an author. Her first novel was the Carnegie Medal-nominated The Master of Secrets published in 1999.

Before writing professionally Symes had a variety of jobs, including teaching children with severe learning challenges,[1] both in the UK and Singapore, where she was involved with the South East Asian Special Olympics.

Other jobs have included instructing aerobics, acting in a Chinese soap opera and playing the part of Jill Goose in the pantomime Mother Goose.

In 2006 she moved to Kempston with her husband Eric Wainwright.

Published works

Novels

Picture books

Young readers

Radio

Writing as Megan Rix[2] [3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ruth Louise Symes . Big Toe Home . BBC 7 . 18 August 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060527063239/http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/bigtoe/books/authors/symes.shtml . 27 May 2006.
  2. Web site: About Megan Rix . Megan Rix . meganrix.com . May 7, 2017.
  3. Web site: Megan Rix Books . Megan Rix . meganrix.com . May 7, 2017.