Holly Webb


Holly Webb is a British children's writer. She studied Classics at Newnham College at Cambridge University, Byzantine and Medieval Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art, and then worked as an editor until 2005. She lives outside Reading with her husband Jon and her three children, Ash, Robin and William.
Her works have been translated into 31 different languages, including Russian and Polish. Her books are published by Scholastic, Stripes, Orchard and Nosy Crow.
According to Russia Beyond the Headlines, she was one of the 10 most popular children's writers in Russia in 2016. 97 books by her with a total print run of 595,000 copies were published there that year.
In Kazakhstan, her book Maisie Hitchins and the Case of the Phantom Cat was the fifth best-selling book for teenagers of 2017.
She is also very popular in Poland. It was estimated that her Animal Stories series, targeted at girls aged 6–10, sold over 500,000 copies in that country up to February 2013.

Works

Holly has written 130 books, mostly aimed at children aged 5-10 years old.
Animal Stories
Animal magic
Emily Feather
Furry Friends
Lily
Magic Molly
Magical Venice
Maisie Hitchins
Maya, Izzy, Poppy & Emily
My Naughty Little Puppy
Rose
The Hounds of Penhallow Hall
Triplets
Wintry Tales
Shine
Standalone Books
  • A Cat Called Penguin
  • The Chocolate Dog
  • Looking for Bear
  • A Tiger Tale
  • The Truffle Mouse
  • Return to the Secret Garden
  • The Midnight Panda
  • The Pocket Dog
  • The Princess and the Suffragette
  • Evie's War
Picture Books