Who Was... Books in Order
Who Was... by Gill Hornby contains 2 books, published between 2005 and 2006. The first book is Jane Austen: The Girl with the Magic Pen (2005) and the newest is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (2006). Publication order is the reading order below.
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- Books
- 2
- Published
- 2005–2006
- Total pages
- 256 across 2 books
Who Was... is a short series of biographies for young readers, written by Gill Hornby. Two books are catalogued: Jane Austen: The Girl with the Magic Pen (2005), on the English novelist, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (2006), on the composer. The two together run to 256 pages. Nothing further has been catalogued in the series since 2006.
How many Who Was... books are there?
Who Was... has 2 books, released between 2005 and 2006.
Who Was... Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 2 Who Was... books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Jane Austen: The Girl with the Magic Pen2005 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/420051602/4
- 2Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart2006 · 96 pages · confirmed 2/42006962/4
Who Was... Books in Chronological Order
By publication date, the Who Was... books run from Jane Austen: The Girl with the Magic Pen (2005) to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (2006), the sequence in the table above. No separate story order is recorded for Who Was... in the book listings this catalogue merges, so publication order is the only order on record.
Do you have to read Who Was... books in order?
You should read the Who Was... books in publication order, the order of the numbered table above. The catalogue does not record whether each Who Was... book also stands alone.
Where to start with Who Was...
Start with Jane Austen: The Girl with the Magic Pen (2005), the earliest published title.
What is the newest Who Was... book?
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (2006) is the newest Who Was... book released so far.
Is there a new Who Was... book coming?
No next Who Was... book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
Who Was... at a glance
- No recent titles
- The newest Who Was... title on record dates from 2006, 20 years ago. No later title is catalogued.
- Length
- 256 pages across all 2 books with a recorded length, a median of 128 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most Who Was... books, 2 of 2, were published in the 2000s.
What the Who Was... books are about
All 2 Who Was... books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: juvenile literature is tagged on 2 of 2. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- Juvenile literature 2 of 2 books
- Austen, jane, 1775-1817 1 of 2 books
- Authors 1 of 2 books
- Authors, juvenile literature 1 of 2 books
- Biography 1 of 2 books
- Composers 1 of 2 books
- Novelists 1 of 2 books
- English Women novelists 1 of 2 books
- History 1 of 2 books
- Women authors 1 of 2 books
More books by Gill Hornby
The author page linked below lists every book in publication order.
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