Sandra Horn Explained

Sandra Ann Horn is a British writer living in Southampton.[1] She is also a poet,[2] storyteller and playwright.[3]

Career

Horn's first book for children was Tattybogle, about a happy scarecrow, published in 1995. This book was turned into a musical by Ruth Kenward.[4] A sequel to the book was published in 2000, called The Tattybogle Tree.[5]

Other books for children include Babushka, Nobody, Him and Me, Dandelion Wish and The Mud Maid.[6]

Horn was a lecturer in psychology,[7] and co-wrote Loss and Bereavement (with Sheila Payne and Marilyn Relf: 1999, Open University Press,) and Pain: Theory, Research and Intervention (with Marcus Munafo: 1997, McGraw Hill,). She took early retirement in order to spend time writing and publishing.

Horn was developing a Sitcom called The Sweete Sisters. A pilot episode received a rehearsed reading directed by Hugh Allison.[8] Her works The Moon Thieves,[9] Tattybogle[10] and Babushka[11] have been arranged as musicals for performance by infant school children.

She founded the publishing house Clucket Press, along with her husband Niall.[12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tattybogle.com. 8 September 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080723212734/http://www.tattybogle.com/. 23 July 2008.
  2. Web site: Contactanauthor.com. 15 June 2010.
  3. Web site: NCLL. 15 June 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716171345/http://www.ncll.org.uk/25_LFA/view_one_person_html?lfaId=1239. 16 July 2011. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: Starshine. 15 June 2010.
  5. Web site: East Riding Library. 15 June 2010.
  6. Web site: Bookfinder.com. 15 June 2010.
  7. Web site: University of Southampton. 15 June 2010.
  8. Web site: What's on Stage. 8 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615172506/http://www.whatsonstage.com/board/index.php?s=b0f479deb1712923580456a0b136b752&showtopic=21777&pid=127565&st=0& . 15 June 2011.
  9. Web site: The Moon Thieves infant musical ks1 . www.starshine.co.uk . 8 September 2023.
  10. Web site: Tattybogle infant musical ks1 scarecrow . www.starshine.co.uk . 8 September 2023.
  11. Web site: Babushka musical nativity KS1 . www.starshine.co.uk . 8 September 2023.
  12. Web site: Sandra Horn, Writer . www.cutalongstory.com . Cut A Long Story . 8 September 2023.

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