The award-winning, best-selling author

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Street Child by Berlie Doherty – featured on the home page

Berlie Doherty – About me – featured on the home page

Far From Home by Berlie Doherty – featured on the home page

Treason by Berlie Doherty – featured on the home page

Children of Winter by Berlie Doherty – featured on the home page

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Berlie Doherty is the author of the best-selling novel, Street Child, and over 60 more books for children, teenagers and adults, and has written many plays for radio, theatre and television. She has been translated into over twenty languages and has won many awards, including the Carnegie medal for both Granny Was a Buffer Girl and Dear Nobody, and the Writers’ Guild Award for both Daughter of the Sea and the theatre version of Dear Nobody. She has three children and seven grandchildren, and lives in the Derbyshire Peak District with Alan James Brown. Her brand new novel for adults, Rose Doran Dreams, is out now. Her forthcoming novel The Haunted Hills will be published later in 2022.

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5 best children’s books about refugees and asylum seekers

18 May 2022

I was recently asked to recommend five children’s books about asylum seekers and refugees for a popular book review site. Learn more here.

Rose Doran Dreams featured in Writers Review

17 May 2022

Rose Doran Dreams is now featured in an article in Writers Review, an online review blog by novelists Celia Rees, Linda Newbery and Adèle Geras.

Sheffield Star Inspirational Women of Sheffield Award 2022

16 May 2022

I’m delighted to have been presented with the Sheffield Star Inspirational Women of Sheffield Award 2022, in the Marti Caine Entertainment category.

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Rose Doran Dreams – my new ebook is OUT NOW!

31 March 2022

I’m delighted to announce that my ebook Rose Doran Dreams was published on 31 March 2022, and is therefore OUT NOW.

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