Tracey Corderoy[1][2] (born 12 April 1965) is a British children's writer. She has published 76 books since 2010, and works with publishers; Little Tiger Press,[3][4][5]Nosy Crow,[6] Scholastic Children's Books,[7] Alison Green Books,[8] Meadowside Children's Book, Egmont and Stripes.
Awards
Blast Off - Key Stage 1 Teach Primary Award 2022 [9]
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam - Santa's Stolen Sleigh selected as one of the top 42 books for children in 2021[10]
Winner of the Hounslow Junior Book Award 2014[11] for Baddies Beasties and a Sprinkling of Crumbs (published by Stripes).
Winner of the Hillingdon Picture Book of the Year in 2011[1] for her book The Grunt and The Grouch (published by Little Tiger Press).
Shortlisted for the second year running for the 2012 Hillingdon Picture Book of the Year[12] for her picture book Hubble Bubble Granny Trouble[6] (published by Nosy Crow).
Shortlisted for the 2012 Independent Booksellers Week Award[13] for her picture book, Never Say No to a Princess! (published by Alison Green Books).
Nominated for the 2012 People's Book Prize [14] for her picture book, Whizz Pop, Granny STOP! (published by Nosy Crow).
When Corderoy was eighteen she moved to Bath to study at Bath College of Higher Education (later known as Bath Spa University) to be a primary school teacher, graduating in 1987.
After teaching positions in Swindon and Cirencester, she left the teaching profession to start a family.[15]
Several years later, Corderoy started working with children in primary schools; where she implemented literacy programmes and re-integrated children returning to school following periods of long-term illness. It was during this time that she became passionate about writing for children – convinced that language, expressed through wonderful literature, is the key that stimulates learning and imagination.
Books
Picture books
Miss Dotty's Potty School (Illustrator – Ali Pye), (Little Tiger Press 2023) (ISBN9781801044042)
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam - Pirates Ahoy! (Illustrator – Steven Lenton), (Nosy Crow 2022) (ISBN978-1839945823)
I Love School! (Illustrator – Tim Warnes), (Little Tiger 2020) (ISBN978-1680102307)
Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam - Santa's Stolen Sleigh[16] (Illustrator – Steven Lenton), (Nosy Crow 2021) (ISBN978-1788007771)