Polly Ho-Yen

Polly Ho-Yen
Born
southampton, England
OccupationAuthor
Websitehttps://www.pollyhoyen.com/

Polly Ho-Yen is an English author who writes books for both younger and older children and has also written a novel for adults

Biography

Ho-Yen was born in Northampton and grew up in Buckinghamshire.[1] She studied English at the University of Birmingham and worked both in publishing and as a primary school teacher.[2]

Her debut novel, The Boy In The Tower (2014), was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award, the Federation of Children's Book Groups Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize.[3][4][5]

Her first adult novel, Dark Lullaby was published in 2021.

Ho-Yen is based in Bristol, where she set up the Bristol Teen Book Award for Bristol secondary schools.[3]

Published works

For children

Title Year
The Boy In The Tower 2014
Where Monsters Lie 2016
Fly Me Home 2017
Two Sides (Illustrated by Binny Talib) 2019
My Other Life (Illustrated by Patricia Hu) 2020
How I Saved The World In A Week 2021
The Boy Who Grew A Tree (Illustrated by Sojung Kim-McCarthy) 2022
The Day No One Woke Up 2022
The Last Dragon 2024[6]

Short stories

Title Year Publisher From
The Glass House 2023 Farshore Read, Scream, Repeat

Various Authors (Compiled by Jennifer Killick)

For adults

Title Year
Dark Lullaby 2021

References

  1. ^ "Polly Ho-Yen". Darley Anderson - literary, tv and film agency. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Polly Ho-Yen - Writing Coach at The Novelry". the novelry. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Polly Ho-Yen". BookTrust. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  4. ^ Mansfield, Katie (4 October 2019). "Children's author Polly Ho-Yen joins Titan with adult debut". THE BOOKSELLER. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  5. ^ Drabble, Emily (2 November 2015). "The Children's Book Award – shortlist 2016". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  6. ^ Rushall, Anna (2024-05-02). "The Last Dragon by Polly Ho-Yen". School Reading List. Retrieved 2024-09-01.


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