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Alex Woolf

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Alex Woolf is a prolific, award-winning author of books for adults and children. In his non-fiction he has written on subjects as diverse as sharks, robots, asteroids, flying reptiles and chocolate. His novels span a range of genres, including crime, mystery, science fiction, historical fiction, steampunk and horror.

Alex is a regular author for Fiction Express, online publishers of interactive stories for schools. Fiction Express is read by more than 150,000 students from 20 countries. Two of his stories have won reader awards. In 2021, he won the prestigious ASE award for his non-fiction book Think Like a Scientist. His horror novel, Soul Shadows, was shortlisted for the Falkirk Red Book Award. Bestselling crime author Peter James describe ...more

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	The Tudor Kings and Queens: The Dynasty that Forged a Nation 3.86 avg rating — 233 ratings — published 2019 — 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 Year I Lived Twice: A time loop mystery 4.35 avg rating — 130 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
	Mr Jones 4.03 avg rating — 131 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
	You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Books! by Alex Woolf (Goodreads Author), David Antram (Illustrations) 4.01 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2014 — 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 History of the World: The Story of Mankind from Prehistory to the Modern Day 3.83 avg rating — 115 ratings — 12 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
	You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Bees! by Alex Woolf (Goodreads Author), David Antram (Illustrations), David Salariya (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 96 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
	A Short History of the World 3.79 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Poop! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without…) by Alex Woolf (Goodreads Author), David Antram (Illustrations) 4.16 avg rating — 74 ratings — 7 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
	Sherlock Holmes Retold for Children by Alex Woolf (Goodreads Author), Eve O'Brien (Illustrator) 4.60 avg rating — 55 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
	A Study in Scarlet by Alex Woolf (Goodreads Author), Eve O'Brien (Illustrator) 4.20 avg rating — 56 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

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My World Book Week

For a children’s author, World Book Day and the week it falls in is always a very busy time, with schools clamouring for visits. My schedule this year ran like this:

Thursday 26 February: Featherstone Primary School, Southall

Friday 27 February: Townsend School, St Albans

Monday 2 March: Carshalton Boys Sports College, Carshalton

Tuesday 3 March: Immanuel College, Bushey

Wednesday 4 March: writing day

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Traveling Wild (4 books)
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Work in Progress: The untold story of the Crawley Writers' Group, compiled by Peter, writer

by Dan Brotzel

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