Sheridan Winn

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Sheridan Winn (* as Sheridan Ebbage in Norwich , United Kingdom ) is a British writer .

Life

Sheridan Winn lives in Norwich and works as an author of books for children and young people and as a journalist for magazines and newspapers. She has two grown children and a granddaughter.

Winn grew up as the eldest of four sisters in Drayton , a suburb of Norwich. "Littlewood House", the house in which she lived with her family as a child, later inspired her to the "Cantrip Towers" (in English books: "Sprite Towers"), which is important in her books. She attended boarding school from the age of 12 . Winn studied graphic design at Bristol Polytechnic and the University of Bristol . She wrote her thesis on barns in Norfork; this was published in 1976 by Boydell Press under the title "Barns and Granaries in Norfolk". She earned a teaching certificate and worked from 1979 to 1985 as a teacher of arts and English in schools in Norwich.

From 1980 Winn worked as a manager for the illustrator, cartoonist and author Chris Winn. Sheridan Winn has been a freelance journalist and author since 2001. In 2008 she published her first book in the series "The Sprite Sisters" with the Piccadilly Press. By 2010, four more books in the series followed by the same publisher. Winn bought back the rights to her books from Piccadilly Press and self-published the first five parts of the series again. Parts 6 to 8 followed in 2012. Parts 9 and 10 have so far only been published in German. Also in German only, three prequel novels for three of the four magical sisters and an anniversary volume have been published.

Works

The Sprite Sisters (Four Magical Sisters)

  • The Sprite Sisters: The Circle of Power , Piccadilly Press (2008)
    • German: Four magical sisters , Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main (2011) ISBN 3596808774
  • The Sprite Sisters: The Magic Unfolds , Piccadilly Press (2008)
    • German: Four magical sisters and the magical stone , Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main (2012) ISBN 9783596808786
  • The Sprite Sisters: The Secret of the Towers , Piccadilly Press (2009)
    • German: Four magical sisters and the secret of the towers , Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main (2012) ISBN 9783596808793
  • The Sprite Sisters: The Ghost in the Tower , Piccadilly Press (2009)
  • The Sprite Sisters: New Magic , Piccadilly Press (2010)
    • German: Four magical sisters and the great reconciliation , Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main (2013) ISBN 3596810167
  • The Sprite Sisters: The Boy With Hawk-like Eyes , Author edition (2012)
    • German: Four enchanting sisters and alien magic , Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main (2015) ISBN 3596811961
  • The Sprite Sisters: Magic at Drysdale's School , Sheridan Winn Limited (2013)
    • German: Four magical sisters and the ancient force , Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main (2016) ISBN 9783596812523
  • The Sprite Sisters: The Mystery of the Locked Room , Sheridan Winn Limited (2014)
    • German: Four magical sisters and the mysterious twins , Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main (2017) ISBN 3733501748
  • The Sprite Sisters: A Wisdom of Owls , in preparation
    • German: Four magical sisters and the wisdom of the owls , Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main (2016) ISBN 373734020X
  • The Sprite Sisters: The Power of Four , in preparation
    • German: Four magical sisters and the invisible danger , Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main (2017) ISBN 9783733602130

Prequels and anniversary volume for Four Magical Sisters

  • Four magical sisters - How it all began: Flame and the power of fire , Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main (2017) ISBN 3737340552
  • Four magical sisters - How it all began: Marina and the power of water , Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main (2018) ISBN 9783737340564
  • Four magical sisters - How it all began: Flora and the power of the earth , Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main (2018) ISBN 3737340579
  • Four enchanting sisters and a wondrous celebration: Jubilee volume , Fischer KJB, Frankfurt am Main (2019) ISBN 3737341516

Other works

  • Boudica's Daughters , Sheridan Winn Limited (2016)

Film adaptations

On January 5, 2020, the film Four Magical Sisters, based on the books by Sheridan Winn, premiered.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sheridan Winn at fischerverlage.de ; accessed on January 7, 2020
  2. ^ Eastern Daily Press: "Magical Norfolk tales cast a spell in Germany" of February 3, 2015; accessed on January 8, 2019
  3. ↑ Gallery of photos of Littlewood House on sheridanwinn.com.Retrieved January 12, 2020
  4. ↑ Barns and Granaries at National Library of Australia ; accessed on January 7, 2020
  5. ↑ Biography at Cranfield School of Management ; accessed on January 7, 2020
  6. ↑ Frenetic applause at the German premiere in Mathäser: Four Sisters enchant Munich. January 6, 2020, accessed January 7, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Winn, Sheridan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British author
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Norwich