Maggie Prince was born and grew up in Lancaster. She was educated
at London University, from where she obtained a Master’s Degree.
She now lives in Hertfordshire and is married with two
children.
As well as writing for children, Maggie has worked as a teacher, a
freelance journalist and an information officer in London and
Johannesburg. Her previous books include Memoirs of a Dangerous
Alien which won the WHSmith Mind-Boggling Book Award in 1995, was
shortlisted for both the Angus Award in Scotland and the Lancashire
County Library Children’s Book of the Year Award and was chosen as
one of the World Book Day Super Reads in 2001.
Raider’s Tide, published in February 2002, is Maggie Prince’s first
novel with CollinsChildren’s Books. This historical story from the
prize-winning author is a powerful romantic drama set in border
country during Elizabethan times and has received fantastic
reviews.
‘Page-turning excitement with a warm, strong story of a young
woman’s first love at its heart The reader vividly shares the
fears, frustrations and yearnings of this sixteenth-century border
community, whose lives, though ordered by their traditions, shelter
private secrets of crime and passion.’
Jonathan Douglas, Library Association
’This is a novel about growing up and coming to terms with the
adult world, about duty versus desire and the vagaries of love.
Written in a modern, accessible style, it has nevertheless plenty
of period flavour, along with characters you care a great deal
about. This book will surely become a firm favourite with Sherryl
Jordan readers.’
Tara Stephenson, The Bookseller
Pre pub quote from Jonathan Douglas, Library Association: 'Page-turning excitement with a warm, strong story of a young girl's first love at its heart. The reader vividly shares the fears, frustrations and yearnings of this Tudor community, whose lives, though ordered by traditions, shelter private secrets of crime and passion.'
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