Abi Elphinstone
Abi Elphinstone is a British children's author. Early life
Elphinstone grew up near Edzell in Angus, Scotland. At St Leonards School, she was dyslexic, and deemed "unteachable". She is one of four children, two others of whom are also dyslexic. She studied English at the University of Bristol, before working as a teacher in Africa, Berkshire, and London. Career
Her first book was published in 2015, and by March 2020 had sold 225,000 books. Saving Neverland  published in 2023 is a sequel to J M Barrie's, Peter Pan. Set in the present day, it features ten year old Martha Penydrop and her  seven-year-old brother, Scruff. Elphinstone has imagined her own Neverland but retained some of the creatures from Barrie's classic story. Personal life
Elphinstone is married to Edo, who works in finance, and they have two children. Publications
Sky Song, 2018
Everdark
The Snow Dragon, 2019
The Frost Goblin
The Crackledawn Dragon
Rumblestar
Saving Neverland

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Living people
Alumni of the University of Bristol
British children's writers
21st-century British women writers
People from Angus, Scotland
People educated at St Leonards School
Year of birth missing (living people)
Writers with dyslexia
British writers with disabilities