Sally Grindley

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Sally Grindley (* 1953 in Kent ) is a British children's author .

Grindley devoted himself to writing as early as the 1980s . A large part of her work consists in retelling the works of historical writers such as Goethe and Aesop in a form that children can understand, and she has also published a children's Bible .

However, they invented not only to , but also new . Her international bestseller Spilled Water (German title: Das Mädchen Lu Si-yan ) was honored with the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize in gold in 2004. It is the story of a half- orphan in today's China who is sold out of poverty to a rich family.

Grindley has three sons and lives with her family near Cheltenham , England.

Works (selection in German)

  • The thick bear book. Bedside stories . Coppenrath, Münster 1994, ISBN 3-8157-1139-8
  • together with Jan Barger: Bible stories for the little ones . Gabriel, Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-7072-6574-9
  • Ed .: Pirate acts. Eight pirate stories . Dressler, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-7915-0738-9
  • The sorcerer's apprentice . (Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Newly told.) Coppenrath, Münster 2002, ISBN 3-8157-2367-1
  • together with John Bendall-Brunello: The hare and the turtle and other animal stories . Overall title: Aesop's Fables for Young Readers . Bloomsbury, Berlin 2005. ISBN 3-8270-5072-3
  • The girl Lu Si-yan . (Original: Spilled Water ) Bloomsbury, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-8270-5056-1

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personal data
SURNAME Grindley, Sally
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British children's author
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH England