Anna James (writer)
English children's writer (fl. 2025)
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Anna James is an English writer of children's books.[1]
Early life and education
James grew up in Ponteland, Northumberland, and attended Ponteland Middle School and Ponteland High School.[2]
Career
James was a school librarian for five years before becoming book news and media editor at The Bookseller. There she launched their YouTube presence and established a prize for young adult literature, and during this period was shortlisted for the 2015 Kim Scott Walwyn Prize,[3] which "celebrates exceptional women in publishing".[4] has also been literary editor for ELLE UK.[5]
Writing
James published the "Pages & Co." series of six books, featuring a bookshop of that name, between 2018 and 2023, and in 2024 began her Chronicles of Whetherwhy.[6][7][8][9]
Her Alice with a Why, a "reimagining" of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland illustrated by Matthew Land, was shortlisted for the 2025 Waterstones Book of the Year.[10][6]
Her first novel for adults, Good Fortunes, is to be published by HQ, an imprint of Harper Collins.[5]
Selected publications
Pages & Co. series
Source:[11]
- The Bookwanderers (2018, Harper Collins: ISBN 978-1-9848-3712-7)
- The Lost Fairy Tales (2019, HarperCollins: ISBN 978-1-9848-3729-5)
- The Map of Stories (2020, HarperCollins: ISBN 978-1-9848-3732-5)
- The Book Smugglers (2021, HarperCollins: ISBN 978-0-00-841081-0)
- The Treehouse Library (2022, HarperCollins ISBN 978-0-00-841088-9)
- The Last Bookwanderer (2024, Harper Collins: ISBN 978-0-00-841092-6)
Whetherwhy Chronicles series
- The Age of Enchantment (2024, HarperCollins: ISBN 978-0-00-861157-6)
- The Season of Flames (to be published in 2026)[12]
Standalone children's titles
- Alice with a Why (2025, Harper Collins: ISBN 978-0-00-861147-7)
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