Margaret Ryan

Margaret Ryan is a former primary teacher who gave up teaching when the maths got too hard and she lost her teacher's book with the answers at the back.

She was born in a park in Paisley-there was a hospital in the park, but that spoils the alliteration. She went to Jordanhill College of Education and, to earn some money during the long holidays, worked in a supermarket, a shoe shop and a sausage factory. To this day, she still buys groceries and wears shoes, but she never ever eats sausages. She started writing as a hobby and won a children's story competition. To date she has written over eighty books for children, including some for reluctant readers. She won a Scottish Arts Council award for her book, The Queen's Birthday Hat, and the first book in her series Roodica the Rude, set back in Celtic times when the Romans invaded Britain, was one of Richard and Judy's picks for the launch of their Children's Book Club.

Margaret now lives in an old mill in St Andrews with her husband, John, who regrets the lack of sausages in his diet, and some red squirrels who don't.

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  Airy Fairy's Book Of Magic
  Margaret Ryan - Paperback - Scholastic
  In these three magical stories, Airy Fairy causes a fuss at the Fairy Olympics, tries to tidy up her bedroom (but makes a mess of her spelling), and gets trapped on top of a very prickly Christmas tree!
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  Abby
  Margaret Ryan - Paperback - Hodder Children's
  Abby can't wait for the arrival of her wild Grandma Aphrodite from Oz - and when they meet, she's not disappointed! In her sheepskin coat, crocodile boots and sixties' clothes, Aphrodite walks into Abby and her mum's life and turns it upside down.
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  The Curse Of Captain Cross-Eyed
  Margaret Ryan - Paperback - A. & C. Black
  Guess who lives at number 13. Jonny Smith's paper round takes him along Weir Street. The paper boys don't normally stick around for long and he soon understands why. Who is the strange figure standing in the window of number 13? Is that a parrot on his shoulder? Jonny decides to investigate.
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  Madness And Mayhem
  Margaret Ryan - Paperback - Hodder Children's
  Nothing's been the same since Grandma Aphrodite came to stay from Australia. For starters, Abby's mum has finally found a boyfriend, and is acting like a teenager around him. And now Grandma's husband, Handsome Harris, has disappeared.
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  The Mystery Of Miss King
  Margaret Ryan - Paperback - A. & C. Black
  Jonny Smith's paper round takes him along Weir Street. The paper boys don't normally stick around for long and he soon understands why. Guess who lives at number 57. Number 57 looks suspiciously normal, but the tall and imposing Miss King, with Viking ancestry, might be stranger than her house suggests.
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  Operation Handsome
  Margaret Ryan - Paperback - Hodder Children's
  Nothing's been the same since Grandma Aphrodite came to stay. Now her husband, Handsome Harris, has disappeared. Could he have been kidnapped by the Australian mafia? One thing's for sure - Abby and her grandma will soon be hot on Handsome's trail.
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  The Riddle Of Dr Sphinx
  Margaret Ryan - Paperback - A. & C. Black
  Guess who lives at number 36? Jonny Smith's paper round takes him along Weir Street. The paper boys don't normally stick around for long and he soon understands why. This time Jonny has to deliver a paper to Doctor Sphinx. Will he be brave enough to find out what is lurking in the deep jungly garden?
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  Roodica The Rude And The Chariot Challenge
  Margaret Ryan - Paperback - Catnip
  If there's one thing Roodica hates it's spying, sneaky snots. So when Copius Mucus - or Lottasnot as she calls him - enters the children's chariot race, she just has to beat him!
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  Roodica The Rude And The Famous Flea Trick
  Margaret Ryan - Paperback - Catnip
  Long ago, when wolves and bears roamed the land, the Romans conquered Britain. But although they built fine houses and straight roads, not everyone liked the Romans. Lots of people fought back, and none more stubbornly than Queen Goodica's youngest daughter Roodica the Rude!
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  The Treasure Of Mr Tipp
  Margaret Ryan - Paperback - A. & C. Black
  Guess who lives at number 34 and a half. Jonny Smith's paper round takes him along Weir Street. The paper boys don't normally stick around for long and he soon understands why. What are all the strange noises coming from Mr Tipp's house? What happens to all of the junk in the garden? Jonny decides to investigate.
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  Who Stole The River?
  Margaret Ryan - Paperback - Catnip
  The Romans built fine houses and straight roads, they encouraged the Celts to take baths. But not everyone liked the Romans. Lots of people fought back. No one more stubbornly than Queen Goodica's youngest daughter Roodica the Rude.