TAMARA MACFARLANE
As a child, Tamara Macfarlane practically lived in Blackwells Children's Bookshop in Oxford. Later in Cambridge she read lots more children's books whilst studying English and Education, specialising in Children's Literature.
After a number of years spent as a literacy co ordinator finding ways to encourage children to open up the amazing world inside children's books Tamara had her first child and decided she would like to move back into a children's bookshop. As she couldn't find one that she liked, she founded Tales on Moon Lane in Herne Hill, South London which went on to win Children's Bookshop of the Year in 2008. Tales on Moon Lane then led into the setting up and organisation of a number of children's literature festivals.
After having her second child, she noticed a small gap on the shelves of the
5-8 section and not being able to find anything she really loved to put in it she decided to start writing herself. Esme Miranda's Fairground Circus will be published by Hodder in 2011 with the second and third books in the series following in 2012 and 2012.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Esme Miranda’s Fairground Circus, Hodder Children's, 2011.
