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British author (born )

Francesca Isabella SimonMBE (born 23 February ) is a British author who resides in North London. She is most famous for writing the Horrid Henry and Evil Evie series of children's books.

She is the daughter of screenwriter and playwright Mayo Simon^[2] (not to be confused with Simon Mayo, a British radio DJ).

Biography

Simon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. She grew up in California and studied at Yale and Jesus College, Oxford, where she majored in medieval studies and Old English.

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Simon worked as a journalist, writing for the Sunday Times, Guardian, Mail on Sunday, The Daily Telegraph and Vogue (US).^[3] She is married to an English husband, Martin Stamp, and has one son called Joshua (born ). Simon got the idea for the Horrid Henry books when a friend asked her to write a story about a horrid child.

She also wanted to write about sibling rivalry and families where one child was considered "