Mary Hoffman is an acclaimed children’s author and critic. She is the author of the internationally bestselling picture book Amazing Grace. The first three novels for Bloomsbury in the Stravaganza series have also been bestsellers. The fourth, Stravaganza: City of Secrets, was published in July 2008. She is a complete aficionado of Italy, and one of her novels, The Falconer’s Knot, short-listed for The Guardian Fiction Award, is also set there.

Troubadour, published by Bloomsbury in August 2009, is a story of persecution and poetry, love and war set in 13th Century Southern France. Full of drama and action, this novel will appeal to all fans of The Falconer's Knot.

Mary is the editor of Armadillo, a children’s literature review magazine. She has three grown-up children and lives with her husband in West Oxfordshire.

White Magic, author
Amazing Grace, author
First Bible Story, author
Boundless Grace, author
Parable: Stories Jesus Told, author
Starring Grace, author
Miracles: Wonders Jesus Worked, author
Women of Camelot: Queens and Enchantresses at the Court of King Arthur, author
Sun, Moon and Stars, author
A First Book of Jewish Bible Stories, author
A Twist in the Tail: Animal Stories from Around the World, author
Nancy No-Size, author
Animals of the Wild series, author
Babies' Hotel, author
Grace and Family, author
My Grandma Has Black Hair, author
Dracula's Daughter, author
Henry's Baby, author
Stravaganza: City of Masks, author
Stravaganza: City of Stars, author
Stravaganza: City of Flowers, author
Stravaganza: City of Secrets, author