Anne Rooney
Author · 35 books
Anne Rooney gained a degree and then a PhD in medieval literature from Trinity College, Cambridge. After a period of teaching medieval English and French literature at the universities of Cambridge and York, she left to pursue a career as a freelance writer. She has written many books for adults and children on a variety of subjects, including literature and history. She lives in Cambridge and is Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Essex.
Series
Books

The 15-Minute Philosopher
2014

You Wouldn't Want to Live Without the Internet! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without…)
2015

1001 Shocking Science Facts
2008

Story of Medicine
2009

How the World Works
Neuroscience
2019

Think Like a Mathematician
Get to Grips with the Language of Numbers and Patterns
2019

You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Math!
2016

How the World Works
Medicine: From early healing to the miracles of modern medicine
2017

The 15-Minute Psychologist
2014

You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Vaccinations!
2015

Anne of Greene Gables
2010

50 Amazing Things Kids Need to Know About Math
2011

Think Like a Psychologist
2019

Einstein in His Own Words
2006

Think Like a Philosopher
2019

You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Gravity! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without…)
2016

The Story of Biology
2016

The Story of Mathematics
From Creating the Pyramids to Exploring Infinity
2008

Philosophy
From the Ancient Greeks to Great Thinkers of Modern Times
2020

Mapping the Universe
2017

Pirates
Dead Men's Tales: Incredible Facts, Maps and True Stories about Life on the High Seas
2018

How the World Works
Astronomy
2017

The Story of Neuroscience
2017

The 15-Minute Economist
2015

1001 Horrible Facts
2006

Carrots Grow under the Ground
2012

The Story of Psychology
2015

You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Insects! (You Wouldn't Want to Live Without…)
2015

How the World Works
The Periodic Table: From Hydrogen to Oganesson
2019

Lonely Planet Kids Dinosaur Atlas 1
2017

The Story Of Physics
2011

Lonely Planet Kids Animal Atlas 1
2019

The Story of Chemistry
2018

Story of Philosophy
2013

The Eighteenth Century
2005