Sandra Horn
{{short description|British writer living in Southampton}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}
Sandra Ann Horn is a British writer living in Southampton.{{cite web|title=Tattybogle.com|url=http://www.tattybogle.com/|accessdate=8 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723212734/http://www.tattybogle.com/| archive-date=23 July 2008}} She is also a poet,{{cite web|title=Contactanauthor.com|url=http://www.contactanauthor.co.uk/authorpage.php?id=522|accessdate=15 June 2010}} storyteller and playwright.{{cite web|title=NCLL|url=http://www.ncll.org.uk/25_LFA/view_one_person_html?lfaId=1239|accessdate=15 June 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716171345/http://www.ncll.org.uk/25_LFA/view_one_person_html?lfaId=1239|archivedate=16 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}
Career
Horn's first book for children was Tattybogle, about a happy scarecrow, published in 1995. This book was turned into a musical by Ruth Kenward.{{cite web|title=Starshine|url=http://www.starshine.co.uk/index.php?content=shop&prid=63|accessdate=15 June 2010}} A sequel to the book was published in 2000, called The Tattybogle Tree.{{cite web|title=East Riding Library|url=https://library.eastriding.gov.uk/02_Catalogue/02_005_TitleInformation.aspx?searchTerm=Horn%2C+Sandra+Ann&searchTerm2=&searchTerm3=&searchTerm4=&searchType=0&Page=1&media=&branch=&authority=&language=&junior=&rcn=0340774134&fr=tl|accessdate=15 June 2010}}
Other books for children include Babushka, Nobody, Him and Me, Dandelion Wish and The Mud Maid.{{cite web|title=Bookfinder.com|url=http://www.bookfinder.com/search/?keywords=sandra+horn&st=sh&ac=qr|accessdate=15 June 2010}}
Horn was a lecturer in psychology,{{cite web|title=University of Southampton|url=http://www.psychology.soton.ac.uk/people/academic.php|accessdate=15 June 2010}} and co-wrote Loss and Bereavement (with Sheila Payne and Marilyn Relf: 1999, Open University Press, {{ISBN|9780335201068}}) and Pain: Theory, Research and Intervention (with Marcus Munafo: 1997, McGraw Hill, {{ISBN|9780335196883}}). She took early retirement in order to spend time writing and publishing.
{{As of|2010}} Horn was developing a Sitcom called The Sweete Sisters. A pilot episode received a rehearsed reading directed by Hugh Allison.{{cite web|title=What's on Stage|url=http://www.whatsonstage.com/board/index.php?s=b0f479deb1712923580456a0b136b752&showtopic=21777&pid=127565&st=0&#entry127565|accessdate=8 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615172506/http://www.whatsonstage.com/board/index.php?s=b0f479deb1712923580456a0b136b752&showtopic=21777&pid=127565&st=0& | archive-date=15 June 2011}}
Her works The Moon Thieves,{{cite web |title=The Moon Thieves infant musical ks1 |url=https://www.starshine.co.uk/the-moon-thieves |website=www.starshine.co.uk |access-date=8 September 2023}} Tattybogle{{cite web |title=Tattybogle infant musical ks1 scarecrow |url=https://www.starshine.co.uk/tattybogle |website=www.starshine.co.uk |access-date=8 September 2023}} and Babushka{{cite web |title=Babushka musical nativity KS1 |url=https://www.starshine.co.uk/babushka |website=www.starshine.co.uk |access-date=8 September 2023}} have been arranged as musicals for performance by infant school children.
She founded the publishing house Clucket Press, along with her husband Niall.{{cite web |title=Sandra Horn, Writer |url=https://www.cutalongstory.com/writers/sandra-horn/1387.html |website=www.cutalongstory.com |publisher=Cut A Long Story |access-date=8 September 2023}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web |title=TattyBogle: the official website of Sandra Ann Horn |url=http://sandrahorn.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211223153938/http://sandrahorn.com/ |archive-date=23 December 2021}}
- [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandra-horn-97076120/?originalSubdomain=uk Sandra Horn] at LinkedIn
- http://www.starshine.co.uk/
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Category:English children's writers
Category:English dramatists and playwrights
Category:English women dramatists and playwrights
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