Rhiannon Lassiter
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Rhiannon Lassiter is a children's books author.
and Stephen Barber.
She started writing the first book of the Hex trilogy when she was seventeen, and sent the first chapters of the MS to Douglas Hill
(a friend of the family) and Pat White (her mother's agent). She was stunned when Pat wrote back saying that she loved it and would like to represent Rhiannon and Douglas said she should send it to his editor, Marion Lloyd, at Macmillan
. Macmillan accepted the first two Hex books shortly after her nineteenth birthday.
As well as writing she also runs her own web-design business, writes articles and reviews of children's books and is part of the production team of Armadillo, her mother's children's books review publication.
Biography
Rhiannon Lassiter was born on the 9th of February in 1977 in London to children's books author, Mary HoffmanMary Hoffman
Mary Hoffman is a best-selling British author and critic, born in 1945.- Background :Mary Hoffman won a scholarship to James Allen’s Girls’ School in Dulwich, which she describes as “an exercise in punctuation in itself.” From there she went to the University of Cambridge to study English at...
and Stephen Barber.
She started writing the first book of the Hex trilogy when she was seventeen, and sent the first chapters of the MS to Douglas Hill
Douglas Hill
Douglas Arthur Hill was a Canadian science fiction author, editor and reviewer. He was born in Brandon, Manitoba, the son of a railroad engineer, and was raised in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. An avid science fiction reader from an early age, he studied English at the University of Saskatchewan...
(a friend of the family) and Pat White (her mother's agent). She was stunned when Pat wrote back saying that she loved it and would like to represent Rhiannon and Douglas said she should send it to his editor, Marion Lloyd, at Macmillan
Macmillan Publishers
Macmillan Publishers Ltd, also known as The Macmillan Group, is a privately held international publishing company owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. It has offices in 41 countries worldwide and operates in more than thirty others.-History:...
. Macmillan accepted the first two Hex books shortly after her nineteenth birthday.
As well as writing she also runs her own web-design business, writes articles and reviews of children's books and is part of the production team of Armadillo, her mother's children's books review publication.
Books
- Bad Blood (August 2007)
- Rights of Passage: Shadowland (January 2005)
- Super Zeroes (July 2005)
- Rights of Passage: Outland (October 2004)
- Lines in the Sand (June 2003)
- Rights of Passage: Borderland (June 2003)
- Waking DreamWaking DreamWaking Dream is a young adult novel by Rhiannon Lassiter, first published in 2002. It is a dark fantasy about magic, dreams and another world.- Plot summary :...
(2002) - Hex: GhostsHex: GhostsHex: Ghosts is the third book in a series of novels for young adults, written by Rhiannon Lassiter. It was first published in 2002.Other books of the trilogy:HexHex: Shadows...
(2000) - The SupernaturalThe SupernaturalThe Supernatural can mean:* the supernatural* the song, "The Supernatural" by John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, see A Hard Road* the book, "The Supernatural", by Erwin Neutzsky-Wulff, a book on the supernatural phenomena surrounding us, presenting scientifically structured arguments for the presence...
(1999) - Hex: Shadows (1999)
- HexHex (book)Hex is the first of a series of novels for young adults, written by Rhiannon Lassiter. It was first published in 1998.-Overview:Hex takes place in a futuristic Europe in the mid-24th century. Similar to George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four, the book's author Rhiannon Lassiter paints a totalitarian...
(1998)
See also
- Rhiannon Lassiter's home page
- Interview of Rhiannon Lassiter by ACHUKA—Children's Books UK