Eve White: Literary Agent

Miriam Halahmy

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Miriam Halahmy is a novelist, poet and short story writer. She has taught kids, brought up kids and writes for young people of all ages. Her work has often brought her into contact with refugees and asylum seekers and she has a particular interest in the Middle East through her Iraqi husband and his large and entertaining family. She loves to travel and collects oceans – four so far. Her favourite book is The Secret Garden and her ambition is to sleep out on the Antarctic ice.

Miriam’s short story, Samir Hakkim’s Healthy Eating Diary, was included in the anthology, Give me Shelter, short listed for the UKLA Award 2008. She also has a piece in the new anthology, Under the Weather , published by Frances Lincoln. Her children’s book, Peppermint Ward, caught the attention of 2005 Children’s Laureate, Jacqueline Wilson, who commented, “honest and very reassuring.” She is currently completing a cycle of three novels about ordinary teenagers from a quiet, backwater island, faced with extraordinary situations.