Author

Abie Longstaff

Australian-born British author of over fifty-five children's books and former barrister; creator of the Fairytale Hairdresser series, which inspired a Nickelodeon animated series

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Fairytale Hairdresser seriesKnown for

Abie Longstaff is an award-winning, best-selling author of children’s fiction. She has a life-long love of fairy tales and nursery rhymes and her work is greatly influenced by these themes.

Her picture books include 'The Fairytale Hairdresser', which follows the adventures of Kittie Lacey, stylist to all

of Fairyland from the Beast to the Little Mermaid (broadcast on Nickelodeon as 'Sunny Day').

Abie's brand-new ‘Before the Fairy Tale’ series is a laugh-out-loud reimagining of the early lives of classic fairy-tale characters.

For older children, she writes 'The Magic Potions Shop' series (about a pixie training to be a potions master, and making a lot of mistakes along the way); and 'The Trapdoor Mysteries' books.

Abie lives with her family by the sea in Hove, England.