Lisa Thompson is a children’s novelist born in Essex, UK. Her debut novel, The Goldfish Boy, was published in the UK and North America in 2017 and went on to become a bestseller. The Goldfish Boy has been nominated for numerous awards including the Carnegie Medal, The Branford Boase Award and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize and was given a starred review by Kirkus Reviews. A stage production of The Goldfish Boy was commissioned for a short run by the Oldham Theatre Workshop.
Lisa has gone on to write more best-selling novels, including The Light Jar, The Day I Was Erased and The Boy Who Fooled The World. Her novella, Owen and the Soldier, was shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards. The Times called her ‘One of our most inventive writers for children’.
Before becoming a novelist, Lisa worked as a broadcast assistant for BBC Radio 2 and CPL Productions. She lives in Suffolk, UK with her family.
