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Harrison’s Fairy Tale

Congratulations to debut author Michelle Harrison. She has been named winner of the Waterstone’s Children’s Book Prize with her book ‘The 13 Treasures’. 

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Michelle won £5,000 at an award ceremony in London, which was delightful given her work was initially rejected by several publishers. The novel is set to charm and enthral a generation of readers and has drawn comparisons with the Brothers Grimm.  The book’s been described as ‘an inventive story that makes you glad you can’t see fairies.’

So, we have an author who shares the same surname as one of The Beatles receiving recognition for a novel about fairies! And is there not a reference in our tale to the work of the Brothers Grimm too?

Maybe her success was meant to be…

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