Ursula Jones - author
Ursula trained as an actress at RADA and after starting work began writing stories and plays, including seventeen plays for children (written under pen names) all of which played in London theatres. When very young and strong, she helped create, and was one of the players in, a show for three actors who set out on a self-funded tour of Europe and parts of Asia (living in tents!) for the benefit of children in the care of UNESCO and the Save The Children Fund. It was then filmed for BBC Children’s TV.
She now works in London and from a small house on the edge of a forest where live Moon the cat, Turpin the dog and his daughter Beatrice, who has more the look of a hairy marrow than a dog but being unable to see herself, Beatrice does not find this disturbing – though others may.
At present Ursula is finalising work on The Youngstars and The Lost King trilogy: novels for 10 –13 year olds which will be published by Inside Pocket.
Books
Ursula’s picturebooks for Orchard:
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The Witch's Children - with Russel Ayto
Short-listed for the Kate Greenaway Prize The Witch's Children And The Queen - with Russel Ayto
Winner of a 2003 Gold Smarties Award The Witch's Children Go To School - with Russel Ayto
Winner of the 2008 inaugural Roald Dahl Funny Prize The Princess Who Had No Kingdom - with Sarah Gibb Beauty and the Beast - with Sarah Gibb The Princess Who Had No Fortune - with Sarah Gibb
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The Youngstars
The Lost King Trilogy
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