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Laura Wood

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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: 4.12 · 54,566 ratings · 9,278 reviews · 35 distinct works • Similar authors

	Under Your Spell (Theo & Cynthie, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 18,439 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 — 8,805 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
	Let's Make a Scene (Theo & Cynthie, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,627 ratings — published 2025 — 18 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) 4.23 avg rating — 5,631 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Under a Dancing Star 4.12 avg rating — 4,021 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) 4.33 avg rating — 2,397 ratings — published 2024 — 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 Snowfall of Silver 4.18 avg rating — 2,029 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 — 1,937 ratings — published 2021 — 7 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) 4.27 avg rating — 1,540 ratings — 7 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
	Kiss Me Like You Mean It 4.03 avg rating — 666 ratings — published 2026 — 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

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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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4.05 avg rating — 26,058 ratings

The Agency for Scandal (3 books)
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4.26 avg rating — 9,567 ratings

Poppy Pym (4 books)
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4.02 avg rating — 717 ratings

Effie Kostas (2 books)
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4.18 avg rating — 213 ratings

Quotes by Laura Wood (?)

“(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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“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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“Because I love Theo Eliott, and right now I’m choosing him over being afraid. I am choosing a messy, beautiful, complicated life over one where I am safe but unhappy.”
― Laura Wood, Under Your Spell

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