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After leaving school at age 16, she worked in insurance for a couple of years. In , she joined the BBC, eventually becoming a radio broadcast assistant.

Married at the age of She gave birth to a daughter in and a son in She divorced her first husband in and the next year married Robert.

She left the BBC in and later became a freelance radio broadcast assistant with an independent production company. At age 43, Thompson debuted her first book. Thompson's debut novel, The Goldfish Boy , was published by Scholastic in A review in Kirkus wrote that the book "strikes the perfect balance, seemingly without compromise, between an issue-driven novel and one with broad, commercial appeal.

The following year, Thompson published The Light Jar. The book was described in The Guardian as a "a thoughtful and hugely empathetic book". Thompson's first novella, Owen and the Soldier , was published by Barrington Stoke and became the first dyslexia -friendly title to be shortlisted for the Blue Peter Book Awards. That same year, Thompson contributed a short story to Return to Wonderland , a collection of new stories set in Lewis Carroll 's fictional world.

The Rollercoaster Boy and The Treasure Hunters were released in and respectively, as were Sidney Makes a Wish and Carrie and the Roller Boots , two stories for younger children with illustrations by Jess Rose, which were her fourth and fifth titles for Barrington Stoke. Lisa Thompson author facts for kids Kids Encyclopedia Facts.

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