Janet Foxley
Author of Muncle Trogg
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About Janet Foxley
Janet Foxley is the author of Muncle Trogg, winner of the Times/Chicken House Children's Fiction Competition 2010. Since its publication, Muncle Trogg has sold to over 20 territories and was selected as a 2011 Richard and Judy Children’s Book Club title. The book is currently being developed into an animated feature film.
The second book in the series, Muncle Trogg & the Flying Donkey, was published by Chicken House in January 2012. A retired university administrator, Janet is thrilled to have achieved publishing success in her sixties. She lives in an old farmhouse in Cumbria with her husband Donald, and has three grown-up children.
Accolades and awards
- MUNCLE TROGG
Selected as a 2011 Richard and Judy Children’s Book Club title
Longlisted for the 2011 Branford Boase Award
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Prize 2011
Winner of the Times Children's Fiction Competition 2010
Janet Foxley in the news
Children's Fiction Competition: What Makes a Winner?
So you’ve written your children’s novel – or perhaps you’re planning on writing one before our 18 December deadline! – but either way you’re probably curious about what we’re looking for. Here’s a little info on past winners for an insight into ...
