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Find sources: "Celia Rees" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (October 2015) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Celia Rees Born (1949-06-17) 17 June 1949 (age 77) Solihull, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom Occupation Author Nationality British Alma mater University of Warwick University of Birmingham Period 1993 – present Genre Young adult fiction, children's literature, horror, fantasy Website www.celiarees.com **Celia Rees** (born 17 June 1949) is an English author. Celia Rees was born in [Solihull](/source/Solihull), [West Midlands](/source/West_Midlands_(county)) and attended [Tudor Grange Grammar School for Girls](/source/Tudor_Grange_Academy%2C_Solihull). She studied [History](/source/History) and [Politics](/source/Politics) at [Warwick University](/source/Warwick_University) and has a PGCE and a master's degree in Education from [Birmingham University](/source/Birmingham_University).[1] She became a teacher after leaving university and taught English in [comprehensive schools](/source/Comprehensive_schools) in [Coventry](/source/Coventry) for sixteen years and this is when she began to write. Her intention was to ‘write for teenagers, books that they would want to read, almost adult in style and content.’ She left teaching in 1989. After working part-time in [Further Education](/source/Further_Education) and as an Open Studies Lecturer for [Warwick University](/source/Warwick_University), she became a full-time writer in 1997. Celia is a regular tutor for the [Arvon Foundation](/source/Arvon_Foundation), is a member of the [Society of Authors](/source/Society_of_Authors), and has been [Chair](/source/Chairperson) of the Children's Writers and Illustrators Group. She is a member of the Scattered Authors Society and a [Fellow](/source/Fellow) of the [English Association](/source/English_Association). Celia lives with her husband, Terence Rees in [Leamington Spa](/source/Leamington_Spa). She has one daughter, Catrin, who is a [lawyer](/source/Lawyer) in [London](/source/London). ## Writing Celia Rees writes mainly for [young adults](/source/Young_adult_fiction) and has written across a range of genre from [thrillers](/source/Thrillers), including her first novel, *Every Step You Take* (1993) to *This Is Not Forgiveness* (2012) to [gothic](/source/Gothic_fiction) and [speculative fiction](/source/Speculative_fiction), beginning with the [vampire](/source/Vampire) novel, *Blood Sinister* (1996)) and ending (for the time being) with *The Stone Testament* (2007). She is perhaps best known for her [historical fiction](/source/Historical_fiction).[2][3] *[Witch Child](/source/Witch_Child)* (2000) was [shortlisted](/source/Shortlisted) for the [Guardian Children's Fiction Prize](/source/Guardian_Award) (2001) and won the [Prix Sorcières](/source/Prix_Sorci%C3%A8res) in France (2003). The sequel, *Sorceress* (2002), was shortlisted for the [Whitbread (Costa) Children's Book Award](/source/Costa_Book_Awards); and *Pirates!* (2003) was shortlisted for the [W.H. Smith Children's Book Award](/source/W.H._Smith_Literary_Award). *Sovay* followed in 2008 and *The Fool’s Girl* in 2010 Celia Rees's novels have been translated into 28 languages. Her books for younger readers include *The Bailey Game* (1994) and the *Trap in Time Trilogy* (2001/2). ## List of works - *Every Step You Take* (1993) - *The Bailey Game* (1994) - *Colour her Dead* (1994) - *Blood Sinister* (1996) *Anthologized with other [Point Horror](/source/Point_Horror) in *Decayed* (2001) - *Midnight Hour* (1997) - *Ghost Chamber* (1997) - *The Vanished* (1997) - *H Is for Haunting* (1998)[a] - *A Is for Apparition* (1998)[a] - *U Is for Unbeliever* (1998)[a] - *N Is for Nightmare* (1998)[a] - *T Is for Terror* (1998)[a] - *S Is for Shudder* (1998)[a] - *Soul Taker* (1998) - *Truth or Dare* (2000) - *The Cunning Man* (2000) - *[Witch Child](/source/Witch_Child)* (2000) - Trap in Time Trilogy: *Trap in Time* (2001), *City of Shadows* (2002), and *The Host Rides Out* (2002) - *Sorceress* (2002) - *Pirates!* (2003) - *Wish House* (2005) - *Stone Testament* (2007) - *Sovay* (2008) - *The Fool’s Girl* (2011) - *This Is Not Forgiveness* (2012) - *Daughters of Time* (2014) - *Glass Town Wars* (2019) ## Notes 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-OutOfPrint_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-OutOfPrint_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-OutOfPrint_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-OutOfPrint_4-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-OutOfPrint_4-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-OutOfPrint_4-5) Out of print ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Celia Rees official website [http://www.celiarees.com](http://www.celiarees.com) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *New directions in children's gothic : debatable lands*. Anna Jackson. New York. 2017. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-317-44424-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-317-44424-4). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [980304580](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/980304580).{{[cite book](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_book)}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher)) CS1 maint: others ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_others)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Hubler, Angela (2013). ["Re-Visioning Historical Fiction for Young Readers: The Past Through Modern Eyes by Kim Wilson (review)"](https://muse.jhu.edu/article/538116). *The Lion and the Unicorn*. **37** (3): 355–357. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1353/uni.2013.0022](https://doi.org/10.1353%2Funi.2013.0022). [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1080-6563](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1080-6563). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [143931191](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:143931191). ## External links - [Children and Young Adult Literature portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Children_and_Young_Adult_Literature) - [Official site](http://www.celiarees.com/) - [Bloomsbury biography](http://www.bloomsbury.com/author/celia-rees) - [Complete list of works](http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/r/celia-rees/) - [British Council](https://web.archive.org/web/20120925062027/http://literature.britishcouncil.org/celia-rees) - [Celia Rees](https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?Celia_Rees) at the [Internet Speculative Fiction Database](/source/Internet_Speculative_Fiction_Database) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States France BnF data Japan Italy Czech Republic Spain Netherlands Norway Latvia Poland Israel Belgium Academics CiNii Artists MusicBrainz Other IdRef Open Library Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Celia Rees](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Rees) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celia_Rees?action=history)). 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