Authors Children
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Sophie Cleverly
Sophie Cleverly was born in Bath in 1989. She wrote her first story at the age of four, though it used no punctuation and was essentially one long sentence. Thankfully, things have improved since then and she has earned a BA in Creative Writing and MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa...
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Ally Sherrick
Ally Sherrick was a slow starter when it came to reading, but once words began to 'click', she was a confirmed bookworm. After a degree in Medieval History from Newcastle University, she went on to study an MA in Writing for Children at the University of Winchester. Ally is a staunch su...
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Alex Milway
Alex Milway was born in Hereford in 1978. After leaving school at 16, he studied art in Shrewsbury and then at Cheltenham art college, where he won a David Murray Landscape Award from the Royal Academy.These days he lives in London with his girlfriend and a curly-haired cat called Milo....
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Alan Snow
Alan Snow is an English artist, working with books, animation, film and computers. He has written and illustrated over 160 books for children, including How Dogs Really Work, The Truth About Cats, and How Santa Really Works. He has also worked on a very diverse range of other projects, includi...
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Chris MacGregor
"I am currently the Commanding Officer of The Royal Wessex Yeomanry, the UK's Armoured Reserve. I have two children, Ellie and Ben. Before I departed for a tour of Iraq, I recorded a story for them so that they could hear my voice whenever they wished. They missed me very much. Fortunately, th...
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Carrie Grant
Carrie Grant along with her husband David Grant are probably the best known pop vocal coaches in the UK having coached clients including Take That, The Spice Girls, Gwyneth Paltrow and Charlotte Church. It was their involvement with Fame Academy which brought them to the attention of the natio...
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Bruce Ingman is an internationally acclaimed award-winning author and illustrator. Born in Liverpool, he studied at the Royal College of Art. His first book, When Martha's Away, won the prestigious Mother Goose Award for the Best British Newcomer to Children's Picture Books (1996) and T...
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Brothers Etherington
Robin and Lorenzo Etherington began their creative partnership at the tender ages of 8 and 5 respectively. Hunched side by side over the kitchen table they would draw furiously, their inspiration ignited by the adventures of Asterix and those indomitable Gauls. However it soon became clear to...
