Dinah Capparucci - author
Dinah lives in East Sussex with her two children Leon and Maisy. She has worked as a sound engineer in a recording studio, as a financial adviser, and in a secure unit for young offenders. She began writing seriously in 2003. The main influences for her books are her experiences of working as a youth worker in rural villages and a childhood spent immersed in ‘boy books' such as the Just William series. Influences for characters also include her time in the Territorial Army and her husband, whose joinery firm, Rise Joinery, was nicked for the Warning series in the form of Jordan’s Dad’s firm, Rise Building Contractors. Until the age of nine she lived in Edinburgh and still annoys her family by listening to bagpipe CDs in the car.Website
For more information, visit Dinah’s own website: www.dinahcapparucci.comBooks
Dinah now has three Jordan books published by Scholastic Children's Books:
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Warning: Aliens Are Invading My School! (2010)
Shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Glenn Dimplex Prize under the title Aliens Don't Eat Dogfood (2008) Warning: Computers Are Eating My Friend! (2010)
First published under the title Disaster Bunnies Save The Day - Kind Off (2009) Warning: Vampires Are Living Next Door! (2010)