Celia Rees

Celia Rees

Celia Rees (born June 17, 1949 in Solihull , Great Britain ) is a British author of young books.

She was born and raised in Solihull, West Midlands. She studied politics and history at the University of Warwick , with a particular interest in American history. She taught English at a secondary school for ten years before finally getting into writing through a course at the University of Birmingham. In 1993 she published her first novel Every Step You Take (German: Steps on the Abyss ).

Before she started working as a freelance writer in 1997, she published other books for young people. She had her greatest success with the book Witch Child (German: Hexenkind ), which appeared in 15 countries. She published a total of 17 books, eleven of which were in German, and the HAUNTS series. Celia Rees lives in Leamington Spa , Warwickshire with her husband Terry . Their daughter Catrin lives and works in London .

Publications

• 1993: Every Step You Take (German: steps on the abyss )
• 1994: The Bailey Game (German: Klassenspiel )
• 1994: Color her Dead
• 1996: Blood sinister
• 1997: Ghost Chamber
• 1997: Midnight Hour
• 1997: The Vanished
• 1998: Soul Taker
• 2000: Truth or Dare (German: Das goldene Labyrinth )
• 2000: Witch Child (German: Hexenkind )
• 2001: The Cunning Man (German: Lord of the Storms )
• 2002: Sorceress (German: Hexenschwestern )
• 2002: City of Shadows
• 2002: A Trap in Time
• 2002: The Host Rides Out
• 2002: Pirates! (German: pirates! )
• 2005: The Wish House (German: Summer in the house of wishes )
• 2007: The Stone Testament (German: The Children of the Sixth Twilight )
• 2009: Sovay (German: Sovay )
• 2010: The Fool's Girl (German: The Fool and the Girl )

City of Shadows , A Trap in Time and The Host Rides Out are new versions of the HAUNTS series, which appeared in 1998.

Web links

• Literature by and about Celia Rees in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official website of Celia Rees