The Worst Witch Strikes Again Award-winning author by Jill Murphy (author)

Author/Illustrator

Jill Murphy

Jill Murphy was born in London in 1949. From a very early age she was drawing and writing stories. “My earliest memory (my mum tells me I was two), is sitting on the kitchen floor surrounded by sheets of drawings.” By the age of six she was stapling her own little storybooks together.

Jill went to a strict convent, and left at sixteen to attend both Chelsea and Croydon art schools. At only eighteen she finished her first novel, The Worst Witch, which was based heavily on her own experiences at the convent school. Three big London publishers turned it down so Jill put it in a drawer and went off to work in a children’s home and as a nanny.

When Jill was twenty four, The Worst Witch was finally published, and was an instant best-seller. Jill became a freelance author and illustrator and many more wonderful books followed. Mildred Hubble has gone on to several more adventures, most recently The Worst Witch and the Wishing Star, and even her own TV show. The Large Family stories are Jill’s other best known stories, picture books telling of the domestic chaos of a family of elephants.

She now lives in Cornwall with her son Charlie.

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1. Slothgirl
   on 8 May 2018

   I loved this book, I rated it 5 stars! My mum also loves it to, it is a great family book to read but you can read it on your own to. I like it when you see Enid’s (the new girl) monkey. it is also very fun when Mildred starts to laugh at Enids singing voice. I did a funny voice. Does it turn out another disastrous term for Mildred Hubble again

   5 out of 5

2. mhg2006
   on 16 July 2014

   I liked this book because there was a happy ending

3. heart29
   on 5 March 2014

   If you’re like me and are a potter fan, you’ll love this book for sureee!!

   4 out of 5