I Want a Friend

About Anne Booth

Anne Booth studied English at The University of York but after some years working in a bookshop and teaching in Italy she studied Pastoral Theology for a year before working as an administrative assistant in a Christian Charity. Whilst working she completed a part-time MA in Children's Literature which she still loves! After getting married and raising four children she took art classes as a hobby. Later she worked part-time running singing and art classes in an old people's home and tutoring. She then she studied another part-time MA in the evenings - this time in Creative Writing! She gave up teaching to become a full-time carer for her elderly parents and during this time she began to write books for children got an agent and then got published. Her first book Girl with a White Dog for 9-12 year olds was published in 2014 and since then she has published two more books for 9-12 year olds four picture books four books for 5-8 year olds and one book for 7-9 year olds. In her own words Jenny The Shy Angel will be my fifth picture book and my 13th children's book so I feel very blessed! I absolutely love Ruth Hearson's illustrations for this book!