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Paula Thompson

Paula is a children’s writer and former journalist from the UK with an MA distinction in Writing for Children. She is a winner of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Undiscovered Voices competition and was longlisted as one of the London Library's Emerging Writers of 2024/25. Paula’s poetry and fiction for children has appeared in various publications in the UK and overseas.

1 630 Readings on her works

Published works

Children's
Sci-Fi & Fantasy  4 min

The Elder Tree

Paula Thompson

The tree has moved. Clara is sure of it. She presses her nose to the classroom window.  The elder tree stands at the edge of the playing fields, dark and gangly. Like it's watching them. Yesterday it ...  [+]
Children's
Sci-Fi & Fantasy  5 min

The Collector

Paula Thompson

Theo traced the pattern with his finger. An ammonite. He didn't need the brass name plate to tell him that; the fossils were his favourite exhibit. Not as shout-out-loud as the dinosaur skeletons ...  [+]