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Sue Copsey

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Warwickshire, The United Kingdom

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Children's, Ghost Stories, Young Adult

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*If you're after my alter ego, Olivia Hayfield, she has a separate profile here on Goodreads.*
I grew up in England, in the town of Rugby. My childhood favourites were Enid Blyton (golly!), Tove Jansson (the Moomins) and anything about ghosts. My writing goal is to create a character as genius as a Hattifattener. If you don't know what a Hattifattener is, please google this very soon.
After working as a press officer at London Zoo, and as an editor at Dorling Kindersley, I moved to New Zealand with my husband, Michael. We have two grown-up(ish) children. My day job is book editing, and in my spare time I write spooky children's fiction and women's fiction, under the pen name Olivia Hayfield.
Visit me at www.suecopsey.com and oliviahayfield.com ...more

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	The Ghosts of Young Nick's Head (Spooky Adventures, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Ghosts of Tarawera (Spooky Adventures, #2) 4.29 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2015 — 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 Ghosts of Moonlight Creek (Spooky Adventures #3) 4.57 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	When Bo Bimble Went Elsewhere 4.25 avg rating — 8 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
	Our Children Aotearoa it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2011	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
	At Home With Tog: A Most Unusual Rabbit it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	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
	Spooky Spine-tinglers Box Set it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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 Trio of Trouble: Children's fiction box set for 7-12 year olds by Sue Copsey (Goodreads Author), D.C. Grant, Julie Scott (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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
	Children of Africa and Neighboring Countries by Sue Copsey (Goodreads Author), Barnabas Kindersley, Anabel Kindersley 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Children of the Americas 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 your average 7��12-year-old is faced with a wall of books, say at school or in a bookshop, their default choice will probably be David Walliams, Andy Griffiths, or Jeff Kinney. (Are you nodding?) It��s not difficult to work out why. Bright, cartoony covers; fun internal illustrations; font styles and sizes to welcome the reader in, and stories that are easy to read, that bowl along at a cra Read more of this blog post »

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message 1: by Isobel

Nov 29, 2019 12:39PM

Hi Sue,
CRADLE TO SCALPEL by Isobel Parker.
Just a quick note to say that the kindle version will be free from Amazon on 30th November, pacific time.
Best wishes,
Isobel.

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