Abi Elphinstone is a British children's author.
Early life
Elphinstone grew up near Edzell in Angus, Scotland.[1][2] At St Leonards School, she was dyslexic, and deemed "unteachable".[1] She is one of four children, two others of whom are also dyslexic.[1]
She studied English at the University of Bristol, before working as a teacher in Africa, Berkshire, and London.[2][3]
Career
Her first book was published in 2015, and by March 2020 had sold 225,000 books.[4] Saving Neverland published in 2023 is a sequel to J M Barrie's, Peter Pan. Set in the present day, it features ten year old Martha Penydrop and her seven-year-old brother, Scruff. Elphinstone has imagined her own Neverland but retained some of the creatures from Barrie's classic story.[5]
Personal life
Elphinstone is married to Edo, who works in finance, and they have two children.[6]
Publications
- Sky Song, 2018
- Everdark
- The Snow Dragon, 2019
- The Frost Goblin
- The Crackledawn Dragon
- Rumblestar
- Saving Neverland