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Polly Ho-Yen
Polly Ho-Yen was born in Northampton and brought up in Buckinghamshire. She studied English at Birmingham University before working in publishing for several years.
Her first novel, Boy in the Tower, published in July 2014 by Random House Children's Publishers, was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Childre's Book Prize. Her second novel Where Monsters Lie was published in 2016 and was also nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
She now writes full-time and lives in Bristol with her husband.
Her first novel, Boy in the Tower, published in July 2014 by Random House Children's Publishers, was nominated for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Childre's Book Prize. Her second novel Where Monsters Lie was published in 2016 and was also nominated for the Carnegie Medal.
She now writes full-time and lives in Bristol with her husband.
Genres: Children's Fiction, Science Fiction
New and upcoming books
Novels
Boy In The Tower (2014)
Where Monsters Lie (2016)
Fly Me Home (2017)
Dark Lullaby (2021)
How I Saved the World in a Week (2021)
The Boy Who Grew A Tree (2022)
The Day No One Woke Up (2022)
The Girl Who Became A Fish (2023)
The Last Dragon (2024)
The Night Forest (2025)
Where Monsters Lie (2016)
Fly Me Home (2017)
Dark Lullaby (2021)
How I Saved the World in a Week (2021)
The Boy Who Grew A Tree (2022)
The Day No One Woke Up (2022)
The Girl Who Became A Fish (2023)
The Last Dragon (2024)
The Night Forest (2025)
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Books containing stories by Polly Ho-Yen
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Polly Ho-Yen recommends
All Our Darkest Secrets (2021)
Martyn Ford
"Ford masterfully combines sharp prose, compelling characters and a brilliantly twisted plot. I didn’t want this taut thriller to end."
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