About Tamsin
Tamsin Winter is a multi-award-winning author who writes fresh, funny and heartfelt fiction for readers aged 11+. Tamsin grew up in a Northamptonshire village where she spent her childhood reading books and writing stories. She studied English Literature and Creative Writing at university, and worked as an English teacher for many years.
Tamsin's debut novel Being Miss Nobody won multiple awards including the Awesome Book Award, the Brilliant Book Award, and the Leicester Teen Fiction Book of the Year. Tamsin's second novel, Jemima Small Versus the Universe was shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Girl (in Real Life), described as "a must have" by the Press Association, won the Booklings Award. Bad Influence was shortlisted for lots of awards including the Spellbinding Award and the Reading Rampage Award 2024. Tamsin's latest book I Dare You explores the lure of online fame and the disastrous consequences of social media challenges, and was chosen as YA Book of the Month by The Observer.
Tamsin lives in rural Leicestershire and is currently working on her next novel.
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WHY I LOVE TELLING STORIES...
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Ever since I was a little girl, I've always loved writing stories and poems. One of my earliest memories is sitting at my grandfather's old typewriter (yes, typewriter! Google it) bashing the keys with my clumsy fingers, trying (and failing) to write without making any mistakes. Computers make writing stories a lot easier, believe me.
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I love reading books because they are like little bits of paper magic. They can take you places far away, make you laugh, make you cry, make you scared, make you love and hate the world, and ultimately teach you to believe in happy endings, or at least stop you watching too much TV, which is sort of the same thing.
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Reading books was enormously important to me growing up. I read about all the important stuff adults never talked to me about. I learnt about the difficult things in life, but I learnt about the awesome stuff too.
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I hope you enjoy reading my books, and that somewhere inside the pages you feel something, if not exactly magic, then something real. Because that's what my stories are about.
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"Tamsin Winter gives a fresh and smart take on teen life."
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"Tamsin Winter is bitingly astute on the lure of social media and the dynamics of friendship."
SOME RANDOM FACTS ABOUT ME...
I love cats. So much so that there are always cats in my books. Possibly too many.
I am vegetarian. My books are also vegetarian. See if you can spot what I mean!
I have lived in different parts of the world, including South-East Asia and the Middle East. Now I live in Leicestershire which is nice but a bit cold.
I believe in fate and destiny & that the universe
gives you signs. Most of my friends think this is complete nonsense. I think it's okay to not always agree with your friends.
i am slightly scared
of butterflies.
My favourite sea creature is the octopus. Some people think they are weird. I think their weirdness is what makes them awesome and beautiful.
I don't have a TV.
