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Fran Pickering is a well-established author of a wide range of books for children, through fiction and non-fiction and across several age ranges, and a few adut books. She is also an editor for both markets.

She became a Creative Consultant to San Serif ( who marketed Trivial Pursuits) and worked on product Research and Development, including devising the 'EastEnders Game' for the BBC and some of her own fun games for kids.

In time she returned to her main love writing and editing, mainly for the children's book market. A place where the magic never dies.

Some of her published work includes:
Title Publisher
(Many of these books were international co-editions)
Alien Interface Star Hill Publishing
Gladiators Q2A
Battles Q2A
Olympics Q2A
Secret Agent Pack Top That
Pub Quizzes Top That
Family Quizzes Top That
Hot Air Balloons Top That
Kings and Queens Top That
Party Girl (Box set) Top That
Create Your Own Fashion Top That
Designs (CD Rom)
True Friends Funky Bracelets Top That
& Tattoos
Pet Care Top That
Book of Dreams Top That
Flying Fairies (Box Set) Top That
Science: Mirrors Top That
Science: It’s Electric Top That
Science Tricks – Fun Kit Top That
Fantasy Puzzles Top That
Wizard’s School of Magic (Vol 4)Top That
Merlin’s World of Magic Top That
Cackle’s Cookery Capers Top That
Horses Belitha Press Ltd
Nature Detective Belitha Press Ltd
Beads and Braids Belitha Press Ltd
Smart Art Belitha Press Ltd
Secret Agent Belitha Press Ltd
Dinosaurs Belitha Press Ltd
Mighty Magic Belitha Press Ltd
Glamour Guide Belitha Press Ltd
Wizards and Spells Belitha Press Ltd
Jokes and Pranks Belitha Press Ltd
Super Science Belitha Press Ltd
Creepy Crawlies Belitha Press Ltd
Spilling The Beans on Einstein Miles Kelly
Lateral Thinking Puzzles (Space Age) Lagoon Books
Inelliquest /Quizmo Puzzles Lagoon Books
Quantum Puzzles Lagoon Books
Sequence Puzzles Lagoon Books
Cryptology Puzzles Lagoon Books
Code Breaker Puzzles for Kids Lagoon Books
Lateral Thinking Puzzles for KidsLagoon Books
Multi-Choice Puzzles Mad Moose
Best Friends (stories) Element Children’s Books
Encyclopaedia of Animals in
Nature, Myth and Spirit Element Children’s Books
Squish at Sea Yowie Publishing
Crag and the Crocs Yowie Publishing
Rumble in the Desert Yowie Publishing
Ditty in the Woods Yowie Publishing
Nap in the Grassland Yowie Publishing
Boof and the Birds Yowie Publishing
6 Sticker Playsets Yowie Publishing
Joke Book Yowie Publishing
(Companion books to Cadbury’s Yowie chocolate figures)
Beano Riddle and Rhyme Book Kingfisher
Beano Magic Tricks Kingfisher
Beano File Kingfisher
Beano Myths and Legends Kingfisher
Beano Brain Blasters Kingfisher
Monster Guide to Excellent Excuses Larousse
Monster Guide to Success Larousse
Hitting and Hurting Childrens' Society
Puppy Tales (stories) Reeds
Jungle Tales (stories) Reeds
Out of This World Hendersons
Puzzle Explosion (4 books) Hendersons
Skull Stretchers Hendersons
Badge Making Hendersons
Cartoon Modelling Hendersons
Monkey Puzzles (2 books) Hendersons
Horror File (part) Hendersons
Thesaurus Hendersons
Crime File (4 books): Hendersons
Spycraft Hendersons
The Unexplained Hendersons
Around The World Hendersons
The EEC Hendersons
The Weird and Wonderful Cook Book Hendersons
Shapes in Space Fernleigh Books
Fairy Ring Fernleigh Books
Super Secret Code Book Sterling Publishing
Word Whackers Watts
Skin and Bones Watts
The Incredible Code Book Mensa Publishing
Motorists Arthurian History Trail Cumbria County Council

Fran Pickering is a well-established author of a wide range of books for children, through fiction and non-fiction and across several age ranges, and a few adut books. She is also an editor for both markets. She became a Creative Consultant to San Serif ( who marketed Trivial Pursuits) and worked on product Research and Development, including devising the 'EastEnders Game' for the BBC and some ... More