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Dr. Jacqueline Simpson is a United Kingdom researcher and author on folklore and legend.
She studied English Literature and Medieval Icelandic at Bedford College, University of London. Dr. Simpson has been, at various times, Editor, Secretary, and President of the Folklore Society. She was awarded the Society's Coote Lake Research Medal in 2008. In 2010 she was appointed Visiting Professor of Folklore at the Sussex Centre of Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy at the University of Chichester, West Sussex. She has a particular interest in local legends , and has published collections of this genre from Iceland, Scandinavia in general, and England . She has also written on the folklore of various English regions, and was co-author with Steve Roud of the Penguin Dictionary of English Folklore. She lives in West Sussex, England.
She has been a point of reference for Terry Pratchett since he met her at a book signing in 1997. Pratchett, who was then researching his novel Carpe Jugulum, was asking everyone in the queue how many magpie rhymes they knew; and whilst most people gave one answer – the theme from the TV series Magpie – Simpson stated that she knew "about nineteen". This encounter eventually led to collaboration.

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Jacqueline Simpson

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Books from Jacqueline Simpson

The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Legends, from Spring-Heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys

Sagas of the Norsemen: Viking and German Myth

Icelandic Folktales and Legends

The Penguin Book of Ghosts: Prepare to be haunted by England's most unforgettable ghosts

Country Lore and Legends

A Dictionary of English Folklore

British Dragons

Terror Tales of Cornwall

Green Men White Swans: The Folklore of British Pub Names

The Penguin Book of Scandinavian Folktales

Beowulf and Its Analogues

The Ghosts and Scholars Book of Shadows

A Ghosts & Scholars Book of Folk Horror

European Mythology

The Folklore Of Sussex

The Green Book: Writings on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature

Legends of Icelandic Magicians (The Folklore Society Mistletoe Series)

The Folklore Of The Welsh Border

The Penguin Dictionary of Historical Slang

Icelandic Folktales and Legends (Revealing History (Paperback))