Authors Children
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Lydia Monks explores the lives of Henry VIII's wives in Six Queens
Lydia Monks tells ReadingZone about her new non-fiction book for younger readers, Six Queens, about the lives of Henry VIII's wives. Lydia studied illustration at Kingston University and has illustrated for newspapers and magazines - but always wanted to illustrate chil...
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Katya Balen introduces her novel, Ghostlines, a story about community, belonging and the environment. Katya studied 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...
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Jules Howard and Gavin Scott introduce MEGA: The Most Enormous Animals Ever
Jules Howard is a zoology correspondent, author, science-writer and broadcaster who appears regularly on TV and radio, including Newsround and BBC Radio 5 Live. Jules's non-fiction books include The Who, What, Why of Zoology, Respect the Insect and the Encyclopedia of Animals....
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Inspire storytelling with Joseph Coelho's Tiny Tales
Joseph Coelho's 'Tiny Tales' tell entire stories in just ten words. His latest collection is Tiny Tales of Love, and we spoke to him to find out more. Joseph is a performance poet, children's author, and former Waterstones Children's Laureate (2022-2024). He grew up in...
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Exploring Nizrana Farook's Adventure Stories for Children
The Boy Who Saved a Bear is the latest adventure from Nizrana Farook, whose books also include The Girl Who Lost a Leopard, The Boy Who Met a Whale and The Girl Who Stole an Elephant. Nizrana was born and raised in Colombo, Sri Lanka, and the beautiful...
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Kieran Larwood: Dungeon Runners
Kieran Larwood lives on the Isle of Wight where he enjoys exploring rockpools, climbing trees and writing. He was a Reception teacher before becoming a full-time author. His stories are inspired by a life-long love of fantasy stories, which began when, as a young boy, he picke...
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Gary Panton introduces The Notwitches
Gary Panton describes himself as a 'writer, scribbler and constant doodler' and The Notwitches is his first children's novel. He hopes it will make you laugh! Gary is based in Perth in Scotland and has been writing for as long as he can remember, writing stories about d...
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Anu Adebogun introduces her guide to life, It's a Brave Young World
Anu Adebogun, British-Nigerian author, scholar and award-winning youth practitioner, introduces her new guide for young people, It's a Brave Young World, which draws on her decade of experience across the youth and community sector. She has also written 'Black a...
