Sharon Tregenza (née Rosewall) is a British author of children's books, stories and verse. She was born and grew up in Penzance, Cornwall. Her work, often described as mystery with a touch of magic, has been published and broadcast worldwide. She is represented by Rebecca Bagnell at the Lindsay Literary Agency

Contents

• 1 Personal life
• 2 Awards & Prizes
• 3 Books
  • 3.1 Tarantula Tide
  • 3.2 The Shiver Stone
  • 3.3 The Jewelled Jaguar
  • 3.4 Stargazey Pie
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Personal life

Tregenza travelled widely with her husband and two children, living for many years in Cyprus, Dubai and Sharjah, where she worked in the library of the American School of Dubai and then taught conversational English to local girls before returning to the United Kingdom to study at the University of Bristol.

After moving to Pembrokeshire, she completed her MA in Creative Writing at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David and more recently acquired a second MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University.

She is a member of The Society of Authors, The Scattered Authors Society, The Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and the Children’s Book Insider.

Tregenza now lives, and writes, in a converted chapel in the village of Box just outside the historic city of Bath.

Awards & Prizes

WINNER

Calderdale Book of the Year

Fantastic Book Award/

East Sussex Children’s Book

Award/Kelpie’s Prize/

Heart of Hawick Award

SHORTLISTED

Tir Na n-Og Welsh Children’s Book Award (twice)

North Somerset Teacher’s Book Award (twice)

Books

Tarantula Tide

Published 16 October 2008 by Floris,

In August 2008, Sharon won Floris Books' Kelpies Prize 2008 Award at the Edinburgh Book Festival. As a result, the book she submitted, Tarantula Tide, about young sleuths in Shetland, was published by Floris, on 16 October 2008.The book also received the Heart of Hawick Children's Book Award, voted for by schoolchildren, in 2010.

The Shiver Stone

Published 2014 by FIrefly Press, Illustrated by Xavier Bonet, cover design Zoe Draws Things

ISBN 191008008X

The Shiver Stone is a middle-grade thriller set in a coastal town in Pembrokeshire, South Wales.

The Jewelled Jaguar

Published 15 September 2017 by FIrefly Press, Illustrated by Xavier Bonet, cover design Zoe Draws Things

ISBN 1910080640

Stargazey Pie

'Oxford Reading Tree Word Sparks: Level 8: Stargazey Pie - Oxford Reading Tree Word Sparks'

Published 26th Oct 2020

References

External links

• Children's literature portal
• Cornwall portal

• Author's website
• Author's Amazon page
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Floris Books
• Review of Tarantula Tide