List Of Writers

LUCAS, CELIA

1 Elwyn Court, March, Cambridgeshire, PE15 9BZ
Telephone: 01354 652586
Email: celia.skidmore1@btinternet.com

Writer of children’s fiction and biography. Journalist, feature writer and public relations consultant. Gives talks to schools and societies. Born in Bristol. Educated at St. Hilda’s College, Oxford. Anglesey resident from 1976 to 2003. Now lives in Cambridgeshire. Winner of Tir na Nog Prize 1988. Awarded Arts Council of Wales bursary in 1988 and Irma Chilton bursary in 1995. Has worked in publishing in London and on the Daily Mail in London and Manchester. Freelance since 1971. Has broadcast on BBC Radio Wales, TV series with husband Ian Skidmore. Children’s stories (in English) on BBC Radio Cymru. Feature writer, Daily Post. Currently working on a series of stories about Taz, the Houdini Hound.

Selected Publications:
Prisoners of Santo Tomas (L. Cooper, 1975)
Steel Town Cats (Tabb House, 1987)
Marmaduke Purr Cat (Tabb House, 1990)
The Adventures of Marmaduke Purr Cat (Tabb House, 1991)
The Terrible Tale of Tiggy Two (Tabb House, 1995)
Madoc’s Prickly Problem (Pont, 2000)
Steel Town Kittens (M & M Associates, 2004)


Eligible Writers on Tour subjects offered:
1. Talks on writing; question and answer sessions; read own work
2. ’From Publishing to Journalism and Back Again’ – talk
3. ’How to succeed in the media without really trying’ - talk

AGE RANGE: 7-14 for general talks, question and answer sessions and reading from own novels. Older children and adults for talks on ’World War Two ’Tenko’ story, Prisoners of Santo Tomas’.