Ally Sherrick
Author of Black Powder
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About Ally Sherrick
Ally Sherrick loves exploring ruined castles and decaying mansions and imagining what it must have been like to live in them without electricity and hot and cold running water – although she’s quite glad she doesn’t have to herself!
She has a BA in medieval history and French from Newcastle University and an MA in Writing for Children at the University of Winchester.
She is married and lives with her husband and assorted garden wildlife in Surrey.
Accolades and awards
- BLACK POWDER
WINNER of the Historical Association Young Quills Competition 2017
WINNER of the North Somerset Teachers' Book Award 2017
Shortlisted for the Dudley Teenage Book Award 2017
Shortlisted for the Ealing Junior Book Award 2017
Shortlisted for the East Sussex Children's Book Award 2017
Shortlisted for the Lambeth Phoenix Book Award 2018
Shortlisted for the Sefton Super Reads Book Award 2017
Longlisted for the Little Rebel Children's Book Award 2017
Longlisted for the Waverton Good Read Children's Book Award 2016/17 - THE BURIED CROWN
Shortlisted for the East Sussex Children's Book Award 2019
Shortlisted for the Staffordshire Young Teen Fiction Award 2019 - THE QUEEN'S FOOL
Shortlisted for the Books for Topics Book of the Year 2021 - VITA AND THE GLADIATOR
Shortlisted for the Books for Topics Best Curriculum Support 2023
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Historical fiction rocks!
Black Powder author Ally Sherrick shares why she loves a bit of history, and her fave historical novels!
NaNoWriMo Nov Day 5: Ally Sherrick
We're halfway through NaNoWriMo November! Today Black Powder author Ally Sherrick is stopping by the blog to share her words of wisdom.
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