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Annabelle Franklin

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in Cardiff, The United Kingdom

September 19

Website

http://annabellefranklinauthor.wordpress.com/

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Children's, Fantasy, Humor and Comedy

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Annabelle Franklin is the author of the Bad Boy Wizard series of paranormal comedies for children. She has also published two standalone novels for children, Gateway to Magic and The Slapstyx . Her short story Mercy Dog has been published in award-winning anthology Unforgotten: The Great War 1914-1918 (Accent Press). She is a member of Swansea and District Writers Circle and has short stories in the Circle’s anthologies Dark Gathering and Change.
Annabelle lives on South Wales’s stunning and magical South Gower coast, sharing her chalet home with a delinquent whippet.

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Average rating: 4.2 · 30 ratings · 20 reviews · 7 distinct works

	The Slapstyx 4.31 avg rating — 13 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
	Gateway to Magic 3.91 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Astral Gatecrashers: Bad Boy Wizard Book 1 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 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
	The Great Vegetable Invasion: Bad Boy Wizard Book 2 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
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	The Cosmic Dustbin: Bad Boy Wizard Book 3 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
	The Cosmic Dustbin: Bad Boy Wizard Book 3 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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Cold Fire

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“A monster. You and your friends, all of you. Pretty monsters. It's a stage all girls go through. If you're lucky you get through it without doing any permanent damage to yourself or anyone else.”
― Kelly Link, Pretty Monsters: Stories

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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

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