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Laura Wood is the winner of the Montegrappa Scholastic Prize for New Children's Writing and the author of the 'Poppy Pym' and 'Vote for Effie' middle-grade series and YA novels, A Sky Painted Gold and Under a Dancing Star.

She loves Georgette Heyer novels, Fred Astaire films, travelling to far flung places, recipe books, Jilly Cooper, poetry, cosy woollen jumpers, Edith Nesbit, crisp autumn leaves, Jack Gilbert, new stationery, sensation fiction, salted caramel, feminism, Rufus Sewell's cheek-bones, dogs, and drinking lashings of ginger beer. ...more

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Average rating: 4.14 · 45,198 ratings · 7,966 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	Under Your Spell (Theo & Cynthie, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 15,186 ratings — published 2024 — 37 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sky Painted Gold 4.15 avg rating — 8,476 ratings — published 2018 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Agency for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 4,757 ratings — published 2023 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let's Make a Scene (Theo & Cynthie, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 4,910 ratings — published 2025 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Under a Dancing Star 4.13 avg rating — 3,787 ratings — published 2019 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Season for Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 1,947 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Snowfall of Silver 4.18 avg rating — 1,916 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Single Thread of Moonlight 4.26 avg rating — 1,666 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Game of Scandal (The Agency for Scandal, #3) 4.31 avg rating — 1,132 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poppy Pym and the Pharaoh's Curse (Poppy Pym, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 367 ratings — published 2015 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Happy Halloween! Poppy Pym and the Haunted House

Hello, hello and happiest of Halloweens to you all!Since last I wroteMUCHhas happened, including the release of the second Poppy Pym book, 'Poppy Pym and the Double Jinx'!Exciting times indeed! One of my FAVOURITE things about this book is that it is set at Halloween. October is, in my humble opinion, the greatest month of the year and so I loved writing all about Poppy's autumnal adventures.

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Series by Laura Wood

Theo & Cynthie (2 books)
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The Agency for Scandal (3 books)
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4.28 avg rating — 7,836 ratings

Poppy Pym (4 books)
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4.03 avg rating — 697 ratings

Effie Kostas (2 books)
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4.18 avg rating — 209 ratings

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“It's like the metamorphosis of the mayfly," I say thoughtfully. " They spend their whole lives in the water preparing for a single day of dancing in the sun”
― Laura Wood, Under a Dancing Star

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“(If you live in a sleepy little village, I have found that you have to be adept at creating your own drama, and I had a good run on the unrequited love scenario,”
― Laura Wood, A Sky Painted Gold

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“The idea is as paper-thin and fragile as the wings of a butterfly, and as it flutters gently awake I hardly dare to hold it still in my mind.”
― Laura Wood, Under a Dancing Star

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