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.[1] 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, ISBN 9780335201068) and Pain: Theory, Research and Intervention (with Marcus Munafo: 1997, McGraw Hill, ISBN 9780335196883). She took early retirement in order to spend time writing and publishing.[8]

As of 2010 Horn was developing a Sitcom called The Sweete Sisters. A pilot episode received a rehearsed reading directed by Hugh Allison.[9]

Her works The Moon Thieves,[10] Tattybogle[11] and Babushka[12] have been arranged as musicals for performance by infant school children.

She founded the publishing house Clucket Press, along with her husband Niall.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tattybogle.com". Archived from the original on 23 July 2008. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Contactanauthor.com". Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  3. ↑ "NCLL". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  4. ↑ "Starshine". Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  5. ↑ "East Riding Library". Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  6. ↑ "Bookfinder.com". Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  7. ↑ "University of Southampton". Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  8. 1 2 "Sandra Horn, Writer". www.cutalongstory.com. Cut A Long Story. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "What's on Stage". Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "The Moon Thieves infant musical ks1". www.starshine.co.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "Tattybogle infant musical ks1 scarecrow". www.starshine.co.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  12. ↑ "Babushka musical nativity KS1". www.starshine.co.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2023.


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