Pari Thomson

1 universe Last reviewed 2026-10-18

Pari Thomson is a British children's author and editor, Editorial Director for picture books at Bloomsbury Children's Books, where she earlier worked as a senior commissioning editor. Half Persian and half English, she lived in many places while growing up, among them India, Pakistan, the United States, the United Kingdom and Belgium, studied at Oxford University and lives near the river in London, not far from Kew Gardens. Her debut novel, Greenwild: The World Behind the Door (2023), a botanical portal fantasy illustrated by Elisa Paganelli, opened a New York Times-bestselling trilogy, continued in The City Beyond the Sea (2024) and The Forest in the Sky (2025), and won the overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize.

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Books

• Greenwild: The World Behind the Door (2023) · Greenwild Core Canon
• Greenwild: The City Beyond the Sea (2024) · Greenwild Core Canon
• Greenwild: The Forest in the Sky (2025) · Greenwild Core Canon
• The Frozen King (2026) · Greenwild Core Canon

Aggregate across all universes

• Total Core Canon books across all universes: 4 books
• Award recognitions across all universes: 1 (1 won)

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