Authors Children
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Paul Coomey
Paul Coomey is an all-round talented writer and illustrator who spends his hours doodling and creating stories.Paul is from Cork, Ireland, and now lives in London. Stick Boy is his debut novel.
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Sally Gardner & Lydia Corry
Sally Gardner trained at art college and went on to work in the theatre, winning awards for her costume designs for some notable productions. After her twin daughters and her son were born, she started to illustrate children's books, and then turned to...
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Alex English
Alex English is a picture book author, a graduate of the Bath Spa University MA Writing for Young People and a SCBWI volunteer. She currently lives with her family just outside Paris. Sky Pirates: Echo Quickthorn and the Great Beyond is her first middle-grade title and the start of a swashbuck...
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Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith has always wanted to be a writer. After graduating college, he wrote for newspapers and radio stations, but found it wasn't the kind of writing he'd dreamed about doing. Born with an impulse to travel, Smith, the son of an immigrant, bounced around the world and from job to job, b...
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Anthony Horowitz
Anthony's first novel was published in 1979 when Anthony was just 23. He has since written many more and is also a prolific writer for television, film and theatre. He created the popular television series Foyle's War and the popular series Midsomer Murders. Anthony's phenomenally succe...
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Alex T Smith
Alex was born in 1985 and has drawn and written stories since he could hold a pencil. After considering several career options (space traveler, cake maker, professional rabbit) and working as a production assistant for an outdoor theatre events company, Alex decided to train to do the j...
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Ben Blathwayt
Benedict Blathwayt is best known for his hugely successful Little Red Train series, which are irresistible to parents with children who love machines. Ben was born on August 15th 1951 and worked as an office boy with a firm of architects when he left school, drawing maps and dealing wit...
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William Goldsmith
William Goldsmith is a British writer and illustrator. Published by Jonathan Cape, his graphic novels 'Vignettes of Ystov' and 'The Bind' were nominated for a Newton First Book Award and British Book Design Award respectively....
