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Maggie Holman

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Born

in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.maggieholman.com

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Fantasy, Paranormal, Mystery

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Maggie Holman writes speculative fiction for all ages. Her love of the fantastical stems from early childhood, when she would often withdraw into imaginary worlds. In her writing, she loves to explore the possibilities that lie outside and alongside the real world.

Four of her books - 'The Wishing Sisters & Other Forest Tales' (2008), the children's story 'Footprints in the Snow' (2011), 'The Knocking (2017) and 'Save the White Stag' (2021) - were all inspired by the fifteen years she spent in the beautiful and atmospheric Forest of Dean. 'The Things We've Seen' (2021) marked a departure from this Forest-based fiction.

Although born in the UK, Maggie has lived in Europe since 2009, where she can explore her second passion, travelling on moto ...more

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	Footprints in the Snow 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Tangle & Fen: A Dark Fiction Anthology by Rachel A. Brune (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Carol Gyzander (Goodreads Author), A.V. Greene 4.05 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2023 — 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 Wishing Sisters & Other Forest Tales 4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 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 Knocking 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2017 — 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 Things We've Seen: Magic realist stories for adults 4.50 avg rating — 4 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
	Billy the Bat's Big Adventure by Maggie Holman (Goodreads Author), Kirsty Boar (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 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
	From Hexham to Barry - One Moment in Grandad's War: Part fiction, part mini-memoir - one moment in a soldier's WW1 story it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Save the White Stag 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
	Colouring the Forest Book 1 - Footprints in the Snow by Maggie Holman (Goodreads Author), Kirsty Boar (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 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
	Colouring the Forest Book 2 - Save the White Stag by Maggie Holman (Goodreads Author), Kirsty Boar (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 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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I got chatting to Mario when we recently shared a table at a community book-selling event. Along with his wife Jennifer, Mario has written and published a book which has grown from a very personal and frightening experience. Afterwards, they wanted to do something positive to share information with parents, educators and other people who work with children.

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Maggie Holman rated a book it was amazing Corpus Calvin (Jason Dekker, #2) by David Swatling (Goodreads Author)	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
Loved it! Right up my street because I love ghost stories, but David Swatling created a ghost story in a really unusual way which I didn't anticipate at all. The story made sense as a follow-on to 'Calvin's Head', but was totally different at the sam ...more
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