Simone Braverman is the founder of www.IELTS-Blog.com - a world renowned website for IELTS preparation.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 7 am to 7 pm or are afraid to death of exams. Over 30,000 people are subscribed to the IELTS-Blog's daily tips and updates.'Target Band 7' and 'Ace the IELTS' e-books were downloaded over 352,000 times.In 2014 IELTS-Blog was visited by over 4 MILLION people from all over the world who downloaded over 13.5 MILLION pages.Not only students but also teachers choose Simone's books. A teacher's testimonial for 'Ace the IELTS'___________________________________________"Terrific book!I teach IELTS and own over ten IELTS books. This is one of my favourites because the author has delivered excellent information in a short, user-friendly book.Importantly, it is written in plain English so it is easy to understand. It focusses on plenty of useful tips and tricks which can be of great benefit for anyone who is going to take the IELTS test.Other great features include appropriate phrases to use in the writing and speaking segments as well as an excellent study plan that students can use to prepare for the test.It is a terrific book for IELTS preparation."- D. Bottaro (Australia)An educator's testimonial for 'Target Band 7'_____________________________________________"A welcome resource for busy test takers.Target Band 7 breaks new ground in the IELTS materials market as its author has actually taken the IELTS test and achieved a high level! This makes the many explanations and tips really relevant and user-friendly and helps to connect the reader to the writer in an authentic way.The book is organised into many, manageable sections, and written in a personal style, making the excellent suggestions for increasing an IELTS score easy for non-native speakers of English to access, read and to absorb.Definitely a welcome resource for busy test takers."- Stephen Slater, Centre for English Language in the University of South Australia.