International award for local author

A LOCAL author has returned from Las Vegas after picking up an award for her children’s book.

Sarah Hill, Seend resident and author of the ‘Whimsy Wood’ children’s books, won the Chapter Book category in the International Children’s Literary Classics Book Awards. She won the award for her book ‘Posie Pixie And The Fireworks Party’; the fourth in a series of books for five to eight year-olds.

Sarah said, “This is so incredibly exciting and has been such an amazing experience! The ‘Whimsy Wood’ series for 5-8 year olds keeps going from strength to strength with book 10, ‘Fearne Fairy And The Landing Lesson’, being launched on November the 26th.”