Deborah Chancellor
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Deborah Helen Chancellor is an English writer; to date, she has written over 70 books.
Chancellor writes fiction and non-fiction for children. Her work includes Harriet Tubman (A&C Black, 2013), Code Breakers (Barrington Stoke, 2009), Escape from Colditz (Barrington Stoke, 2007) and two collections of illustrated children’s stories, I love reading Phonics (Octopus Publishing, 2012) and Reading Heroes (Parragon, 2008). She has adapted 365 stories from The Bible (Children’s Everyday Bible, Dorling Kindersley, 2002).
Chancellor’s non-fiction ranges from historical biography to topical issues (Moving to Britain, Franklin Watts, 2008) to matters of general interest (Everything You Need to Know, Kingfisher, 2007).
In December 2012 she appeared in the BBC’s Christmas University Challenge. Chancellor lives near Cambridge with her husband, three children and dog.
