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H S Norup
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Children’s author of
💚🧚 THE CHANGELING CHILD
💙🧚 INTO THE FAERIE HILL
🥢👻 THE HUNGRY GHOST
❄️⛷️ THE MISSING BARBEGAZI
@PushkinPress | #SCBWI | Reader | She/Her | first name: Helle | 🇩🇰 in🇨🇭via 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇸🇬🇦🇹
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Did I mention that I love my bicycle? And mountain views? And autumn colours?
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Witches are scary.
Vampires are a fright.
Beware of both this Hallowe’en night.

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Alfred, Saga and I have had fun making pumpkins and a jack-o’-lantern out of Fimo clay. Hope you have a fa-booo-lous All Hallows’ Eve!
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#thechangelingchild #halloweenbooks
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October 31, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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I’m delighted to be supporting Children in Read again this year.
Find a signed & dedicated set of my Faerie Hill books - INTO THE FAERIE HILL and THE CHANGELING CHILD (lot #215) - among the many wonderful books up for auction.

www.jumblebee.co.uk/auction/deta...

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October 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Enormous thanks to the incredible @londonbessie.bsky.social @rashmiwriting.bsky.social and @hobslantern.bsky.social for their wonderful quotes for THE CHANGELING CHILD.
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September 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Huge thanks to @sineadohart.bsky.social @evemcdonnell.bsky.social and @nicolapenfold.bsky.social for these AMAZING quotes for THE CHANGELING CHILD.
I love this graphic by @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social , featuring the despicable & deceitful pixies: Little Mother and Little Father.
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#ukkidlit
September 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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“The Changeling Child is a great sequel, with heart, and marvels galore — moth magic! — which leaves more treasures to come as the series develops. This one body can’t wait.”
Thank you @thomastaylor.bsky.social !
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Find out more: linktr.ee/hsnorup
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September 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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I’m thrilled with this fantastic review of The Changeling Child  from Kirkus:
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“ Fairy magic and family issues come together in this absorbing adventure.”
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Also delighted that Mr Tumbleweed’s fan club is growing…
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Links to buy: linktr.ee/hsnorup
#thechangelingchild
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Quote from Kirkus review Kirkus review
August 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Last night, we celebrated the publication of The Changeling Child with a picnic (for two) by the river Rhine.
Reading in the water, swimming, watching the river flow and all the passing swimmers, ducks and dogs(!), while we toasted the book in Hugo spritz we’d brought in a thermos. It was PERFECT!
August 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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THE CHANGELING CHILD is out now!
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Huge thanks to the team at @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social and all the readers, book bloggers, booksellers, teachers, librarians and other authors for their kind words about my books and enthusiasm for fearsome faeries.
#thechangelingchild #OutNow
#ukkidlit
August 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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The Changeling Child is out tomorrow! But if you can’t wait to discover the story, the first chapter is now available on readingzone.com/books/the-chan… 💚🧚#thechangelingchildl#ukkidlitit @pushkinchildrens.bsky.social @readingzone.bsky.social
First page of The Changeling Child which is out tomorrow Graphic from readinngzone.com
August 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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The blogtour for The Changeling Child has kicked off with this awesome video review by an actual child over on Instagram.
“Couldn’t put it down” and “5 billion stars out of ten” are my favourite snippets.
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www.instagram.com/reel/DM4j58n...
Book review of The Changeling Child from Instagram stories Blog tour graphic for The Changeling Child
August 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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TWO WEEKS until publication of The Changeling Child, and the blog tour kicks off this Sunday over on Instagram with a host of wonderful book bloggers!
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If you are tempted to journey into Faerie with us, you can find links to pre-order here:
linktr.ee/hsnorup
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#kidlituk #thechangelingchild
Blog tour overview for The Changeling Child The Changeling Child book cover and lego mini figures
July 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Indie bookshops! Would you like some signed bookplates and postcards?
Please send me a direct message if you are interested.
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#choosebookshops #childrensbookshop #indiebookshop #thechangelingchild #intothefaeriehill
#ukkidlit
Books, postcards and bookplates featuring my books. Bookplate design with my four books.
July 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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Here, have a smiling sunflower! (Or two) 🌻
#timelinecleanse
Sunflower smiley Sunflower smiley
July 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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For a limited time only - THE CHANGELING CHILD is available to request on www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...!
And there’s already one review:
“A thrilling and enchanting read—perfect for young fantasy fans.”
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Thank you, lovely reviewer!
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#NetGalley #ukmg #thechangelingchild
Photo of Netgalley page for The Changeling Child - available to request now.
June 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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For once, something useful. Yes, Duo, Reading is precisely what opens the mind.

#duolingo
June 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Sometimes writing a first draft is like pulling teeth—especially after a break. I coax the words out in short sprints, and I open my notebook to my favourite motivational quote, attributed to Sol Saks.
And I need tea, obviously!
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How do you get back to drafting after a break?
Notebook with motivational quote Motivational quote by Sol Saks: “The worst thing you write today is better than the thing you didn’t write.”
June 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Two weeks until the fearsome faeries arrive in North America and there’s still time to participate in this Goodreads giveaway (if you’re in the US or Canada) for a chance to win a signed copy of INTO THE FAERIE HILL.
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#intothefaeriehill #giveaway
Graphic for Goodreads giveaway (US & Canada) of Into The Faerie Hill by H.S. Norup
June 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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The Fearsome faeries are coming to America! INTO THE FAERIE HILL is publishing in 4 weeks on June 24th. THE CHANGELING CHILD follows in October.
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I moved to America in 1987 to live with my aunt and spend a semester at Montclair State College in New Jersey. Look at my 80s hair!
Sketched Map of America with my book covers Me on my bicycle in New Jersey in 1987 Into The Faerie Hill US graphic The Changeling Child US graphic
May 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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The delight when you find the perfect t-shirts for book events… with the correct spelling of FAERIE! 🧚
The distinction for me is that FAERIE represents old, dark folklore creatures (like the ones in my books) whereas a FAIRY is of the glittering Disney kind.
T-shirts with texts: “take me away to faerie”, “away with the faeries” and “they are faeries not fairies” and my two faerie books. #intothefaeriehill #thechangelingchild
May 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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I write middle-grade novels. THE CHANGELING CHILD—my 2nd book about fearsome faeries—is out in August.
The premise of this eco-fabulism series is: What if the way we humans treat nature impacts the faerie realm?
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My favourite things are books, nature, and reviews by children.
#writerslift #booksky
Me and my new book, The Changeling Child (published by Pushkin Press on 14th August, cover art by Thy Bui), in front of my bookcase. A book review I discovered yesterday on Books & Vinyl’s website for Into the Faerie Hill by a 9yo reviewer. Full review (minus spoiler-y bit): “I loved every part of this book, I couldn’t even pick a favourite bit! It is the story of a boy who travelled to his granny’s house in the forest. It’s a little cottage where lots of magical things happen. For example, statues start moving and, when he went out to get something from the car, the bush was moving... he didn’t know it at the time but they were faeries. His granny’s house was a small cottage surrounded by trees. He then meets Saga, who shows him the amazing place that surrounds his granny’s little cottage. Alfred then finds out his dad is working on a project that will destroy this magical land that he has just discovered, and Alfred and Saga go on a mission to try and stop it. The description that the author used in the books was amazing, it really helped me imagine the beautiful, magical place that this is. There is a map at the front of the book, which is brilliant because it shows sink holes and the volcano ruins - it also has a plan of the cottage where granny lives (and Alfred is staying during the story). Alfred is my favourite character in the book, because he loved discovering the magical land and makes friends with the faeries. This book gets 5 stars from me (can I give it 6?)” — Jaxon, aged 9
May 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Is anything better than receiving good feedback from a child reviewer, #ukkidlit ???
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This 6(?!) 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 review for Intothefaeriehill made my day!
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“I loved every part of this book, I couldn't even pick a favourite bit! …This book gets 5 stars from me (can I give it 6?)” - Jaxon, aged 9
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Book review for Into the Faerie Hill by a 9yo reviewer. Full review (minus spoiler-y bit): “I loved every part of this book, I couldn’t even pick a favourite bit! It is the story of a boy who travelled to his granny’s house in the forest. It’s a little cottage where lots of magical things happen. For example, statues start moving and, when he went out to get something from the car, the bush was moving... he didn’t know it at the time but they were faeries. His granny’s house was a small cottage surrounded by trees. He then meets Saga, who shows him the amazing place that surrounds his granny’s little cottage. Alfred then finds out his dad is working on a project that will destroy this magical land that he has just discovered, and Alfred and Saga go on a mission to try and stop it. The description that the author used in the books was amazing, it really helped me imagine the beautiful, magical place that this is. There is a map at the front of the book, which is brilliant because it shows sink holes and the volcano ruins - it also has a plan of the cottage where granny lives (and Alfred is staying during the story). Alfred is my favourite character in the book, because he loved discovering the magical land and makes friends with the faeries. This book gets 5 stars from me (can I give it 6?)” — Jaxon, aged 9
May 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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I‘m buzzing after the virtual @scbwi-bi.bsky.social Book Launch Boot Camp with the three powerhouses that are @candygourlay.bsky.social @moohara.bsky.social and @authorsaragrant.bsky.social and wonderful #scbwi peeps.

Highly recommended for anyone seeking inspiration prior to launching a new book!
A glimpse at my notes from the SCBWI book launch boot camp. The SCBWI boot camp starter pack
May 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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I saw a nesting swan in the wild!!!
Nesting swan
May 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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I admit the whole making-this-into-a-comic might be considered procrastination…
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#thechangelingchild
#intothefaeriehill
May 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM