![]() She has been a freelance, self-employed professional writer and journalist since the mid-90s. For eighteen years she was Reading Consultant to BBC Schools TV's Look and Read series and wrote the teaching scripts. She worked at the Open University for nearly five years, contributing to courses for teachers on reading, language and children's literature. ![]() In 1998, she was made an Honorary Fellow of the Library Association for her work with children and schools. From there she went to the University of Cambridge to study English at Newnham College and then spent two years studying Linguistics at University College London. Hoffman won a scholarship to James Allen's Girls' School in Dulwich. From a young age, she enjoyed going underground to visit the office of her father who worked for the railway. From 2002 to 2012, she wrote the teen fiction series Stravaganza.īorn in Hampshire, England in 1945, Mary Hoffman was the youngest of three daughters. One of her best known works is the children's book Amazing Grace, which was a New York Times best-seller at 1.5 million copies and a finalist for the 1991 Kate Greenaway Medal. She has had over 90 books published whose audiences range from children to adults. Mary Lassiter Hoffman (born 1945) is a British writer and critic. ![]()
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