Ingram, Anne

IN BRIEF

Anne Ingram is a children's writer who has published a number of collections of myths and legends from Asia. Her books have been released in the UK and Asia, as well as in New Zealand. She has worked as a journalist, editor, and teacher, and she has also managed her own children’s specialist bookstore. Her stories have been broadcast on radio and published in the School Journal. Anne Ingram is available for school visits as part of the Writers in Schools programme.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ingram, Anne (1947 –) is a children's writer who has published a number of collections of myths and legends from Asia. Her books have been published in the UK and Asia, as well as in New Zealand.

Her titles for children are: Land of the Morning Calm and Other Stories (1997); Gift from the Gods and Other Stories (1997); Why Ducks Sleep Only On One Leg and Other Stories (1997); Golden Legends of Vietnam (1996); Golden Legends of Korea (1996); Golden Legends of the Phillipines (1996); and Searobbers (1995).

Anne Ingram has worked as a journalist, editor, teacher and had her own children’s specialist bookstore. Her stories have been broadcast on radio and published in the School Journal.

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writers in schools information

Ingram is able to visit schools outside her region through the Writers in Schools programme and is happy to talk to students between the ages of 7 and 12 years about melding fact and fiction and how to turn personal experiences into a story. She is available for workshops, by prior arrangement.

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