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about the author
Ann Halam was born and raised in Manchester, England, and after graduating from Sussex University spent some years traveling throughout Southeast Asia. She now lives in Brighton, England, with her husband and son. As well as being a children’s author, Ann Halam writes adult science fiction and fantasy books as Gwyneth Jones.
Ann Halam says, “Readers may be interested to know that
Dr. Franklin’s Island
was inspired partly by H. G. Wells’s story
The Island of Dr. Moreau.
”
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Copyright © 2002 by Ann Halam
First published in Great Britain by Orion Children’s Books in 2001
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October 2003
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