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Simone Braverman

<p>Simone Braverman is the founder of the website IELTS-Blog.com - the ultimate free resource for IELTS preparation, <strong>visited by millions</strong> every year.</p><p>Simone's mission is to help busy people whose English is far from perfect to achieve a high score in IELTS (higher than they ever expected) after a short preparation in their spare time - even if they scored low previously, have a learning disability, too busy working 24/7 or are afraid to death of exams.</p><p>Firsthand knowledge of the difficulties that non-native English speakers experience allowed Simone to develop a range of solutions to their problems, which laid the foundation to her first two books that later <strong>exploded in popularity</strong> – "Ace the IELTS" and "Target Band 7". The series of IELTS practice test books "High Scorer's Choice" followed and was just as successful.</p><p>Simone's IELTS preparation books consistently achieve <strong>5-star ratings</strong> and get raving reviews from students and teachers. Over 500,000 people are following IELTS-Blog's daily tips and updates to stay on top of the latest trends in IELTS.</p><p>'Target Band 7' and 'Ace the IELTS' e-books were downloaded over 352,000 times.</p><p>Since its creation ELTS-Blog.com was visited by over 15 MILLION test takers who downloaded 50+ MILLION pages.</p><p><strong>Recommended by teachers</strong>, Simone's books are classroom favourites because they help students consistently achieve their IELTS goals.</p>