Authors Schools & Libraries
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Emma Yarlett
Discover what the book-loving monster Nibbles has been up to in his latest adventure, Nibbles the Very Hungry Book Monster! Emma Yarlett grew up in Leicester then moved to study Illustration at University College Falmouth in Cornwall. She won the Macmillan Prize for Ill...
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Katherine Woodfine
Katherine Woodfine and Isabelle Follath introduce their retelling of LM Montgomery's classic story, Anne of Green Gables. Katherine Woodfine writes murder mystery series including Sinclair's Mysteries and The Taylor & Rose Secret Agents series. She...
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Katya Balen
Katya read English at university and then completed an MPhil researching the impact of stories on autistic children's behaviour. She has worked in a variety of special needs schools as a teaching assistant, and more recently co-founded Mainspring Arts - a not-for-profit organisation that provi...
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Scarlett Dunmore
How to Survive a Horror Movie, Scarlett Dunmore's debut novel for YA readers, was inspired by her own love of scary films and halloween. Scarlett studied English and Creative Writing, eventually finding a love for YA literature. When she's not writing, she can often be found watching sc...
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BB Alston
BB Alston started writing in middle school, entertaining his classmates with horror stories starring the whole class where not everyone survived! He had just been accepted into a biomedical graduate program when a chance entry into a twitter pitch contest led to his signing with his agent, 20+...
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Katherine Rundell
Katherine Rundell is a bestselling author and whose novels for children include Rooftoppers, The Wolf Wilder, The Explorer and The Good Thieves. She has won the Costa Children's Book Award, the Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize amongst many...
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Barry Timms & Laura Borio: Griselda Snook's Spectacular Books
Barry Timms and Laura Borio introduce spooks, the joy of bookshops and reading for pleasure, in Griselda Snook's Spectacular Books! Barry Timms, an award-winning storyteller, grew up in Cornwall but now lives by a South London water tower and is a city...
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Ged Adamson
Author and illustrator Ged Adamson introduces Be Normal!, a story about accepting our friends for who they are. Ged was born in Liverpool and as a child he was obsessed with drawing, listening to music and making up tunes. In 2016, his story about a short-sighted dog, Douglas You Need G...
