Mike Molloy is a British

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 author

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 and former newspaper editor and cartoonist

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Born in Hertfordshire, Molloy studied at Ealing Junior School and the Ealing School of Art before working at the Sunday Pictorial followed by the Daily Sketch

Daily Sketch

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, where he began drawing cartoon

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s. In 1962, he joined the Daily Mirror, where he rose through the ranks until in 1975 he became editor.

In 1985, Robert Maxwell

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 appointed Molloy Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror

Sunday Mirror

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and The People

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, where he introduced colour printing. From 1986 to 1988, he additionally edited the Sunday Mirror.

In 1990, Molloy left the Mirror Group, and in 1996 he bought Punch

Punch (magazine)

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on behalf of Mohammed Al Fayed. He became its deputy editor, but left after six issues. After retiring from the newspaper industry, he began writing children's fantasy

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 novels. In 2003, he was shortlisted for the Stockton Children's Book of the Year, while in 2007, he was shortlisted for the Hampshire Book Award

Hampshire Book Award

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Molloy married Sandy Foley in 1964 and they have three daughters, Jane (an interiors stylist), Kate (a journalist) and Alexandra (a writer).
Published books=

• The Witch Trade
• The Wild West Witches
• The time witches
• The House on Falling Star Hill
• Peter Raven under Fire