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Victoria Williamson

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Glasgow, The United Kingdom

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http://strangelymagical.com

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Children's, Young Adult, Fiction

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A lifelong storyteller and daydreamer, Victoria Williamson is an author and teacher who has lived and worked in Africa, China, America and the UK.

Victoria grew up in Kirkintilloch, north Glasgow, surrounded by hills on the edge of a forest estate where many of her early ghost stories and fantasy tales were born amid the magical trees and spooky old ruined buildings.

After studying Physics at the University of Glasgow, she set out on her own real life adventures, which included teaching Maths and Science in Cameroon, training teachers in Malawi, teaching English in China and working with children with special needs in the UK.

A qualified primary school teacher with a degree in Mandarin Chinese from Yunnan University and a Master’s degree in Sp ...more

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Victoria Williamson I write fantasy, adventure, science fiction and contemporary issue novels for Middle Grade (9-12), Teen, and Young Adult readers. Many of my books hav…moreI write fantasy, adventure, science fiction and contemporary issue novels for Middle Grade (9-12), Teen, and Young Adult readers. Many of my books have been inspired by children I have met on my travels, both abroad and here in the UK. I'm currently working on a Middle Grade novel exploring the issues faced by a boy with ADHD who is struggling to fit in with his new step-family, and a spooky adventure novel for Teens, centred around a cast of characters with additional support needs including deafness, Down Syndrome and Cerebral Palsy.(less)

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Victoria Williamson Write what excites you! A story takes a lot of time and work to get right, and if you’re not fully invested in the world you’ve created and the charac…moreWrite what excites you! A story takes a lot of time and work to get right, and if you’re not fully invested in the world you’ve created and the characters who live there then it’s much harder to resist the temptation to give up when the going gets tough. The first stories I wrote when I was five or six were (badly spelled!) retellings of films I’d seen, books my mother had read to me or cartoons I’d watched, and writing alternative plots to other people’s stories can be a great way to get started, especially if it’s a world you can really lose yourself in.

All writers begin as readers though, so read as many stories as you can and pay attention to the types of characters you identify with and the stories that move you or capture your imagination. If you can work out what makes you enjoy a story, then you’ll find it much easier to write an adventure that your readers won’t be able to put down.(less)

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Average rating: 4.23 · 2,157 ratings · 912 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Boy with the Butterfly Mind 4.22 avg rating — 712 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle 4.45 avg rating — 363 ratings — 5 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 Haunting Scent of Poppies 4.31 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	War of the Wind 4.03 avg rating — 150 ratings — 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
	Red Runs the Witch's Thread 3.91 avg rating — 149 ratings — 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
	Norah's Ark 4.39 avg rating — 114 ratings — 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
	Eerie Exhibits - Five Macabre Museum Tales 4.07 avg rating — 107 ratings — 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
	Feast of Ashes (Feast of Ashes #1) 3.90 avg rating — 70 ratings — 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
	The Pawnshop of Stolen Dreams 4.31 avg rating — 55 ratings — 5 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
	Hag Storm 4.10 avg rating — 42 ratings — 2 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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When her father dies, thirteen-year-old Lianna’s home is sold off to pay his debts, and she has to leave behind everything she knows in Robunda and travel six weeks across the sea to Lowdar in Nivram to live with an uncle she’s never met. At her rich ...more
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