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Polly Ho-Yen

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The United Kingdom

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https://www.pollyhoyen.com/

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Polly Ho-Yen was born in Northampton and brought up in Buckinghamshire. She studied English at Birmingham University before working in publishing for several years.

Her first novel, Boy in the Tower, published in July 2014 by Random House Children's Publishers, was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize. Her second novel Where Monsters Lie was published in 2016 and her third novel, Fly Me Home, was published in 2017. Both of these novels were also nominated for the Carnegie Medal.

She now writes full-time and lives in Bristol with her husband. ...more

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Write blind

If I’m feeling really stuck or if it’s a day where the voice in my head saying ‘this is rubbish’ is louder than ever, I’ve discovered a trick that unlocks writing for me every time. I heard this from writer Elizabeth Kay, author of ‘Seven Lies’ and editorial director at The Novelry - Thank you Lizzie!

Change your font to white and then … just write! Let the red, squiggley lines appear and continue

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Polly Ho-Yen’s books

Average rating: 3.9 · 5,309 ratings · 932 reviews · 15 distinct works • Similar authors

	Boy in the Tower 4.17 avg rating — 2,010 ratings — published 2014 — 11 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
	Mroczna kołysanka by Polly Ho-Yen, Anna Krochmal (Translator), Robert Kędzierski (Translator) 3.67 avg rating — 2,250 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Where Monsters Lie 3.87 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	How I Saved the World in a Week 4.14 avg rating — 180 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
	Fly Me Home 3.74 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 2017 — 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 Day No One Woke Up 3.55 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	Two Sides 3.94 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2019 — 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
	The Last Dragon 3.62 avg rating — 37 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
	My Other Life by Polly Ho-Yen, Patricia Hu (Illustrator) 3.85 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2020 — 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 Boy Who Grew A Tree by Polly Ho-Yen, Sojung Kim-McCarthy (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 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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“Chapter Nineteen”
― Polly Ho-Yen, Boy In The Tower

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“There’s nothing to make you worry like someone saying there’s nothing to worry about,”
― Polly Ho-Yen, Dark Lullaby

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“What do you leave behind when you believe that no one will see it? What pieces of yourself do you leave bare, exposed?”
― Polly Ho-Yen, Dark Lullaby

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