Authors Children
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Katya Balen
Award-winning author Katya Balen and illustrator Gill Smith talk to ReadingZone about their new series for younger readers, The Appletree Animal Agency Katya Balen has an MPhil researching the impact of...
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Elys Dolan
Rex Dinosaur in Disguise is the brilliantly funny novel for younger readers from Elys Dolan, who makes picture-books about everything from seagull detectives to capitalist bunny rabbits and weasels plotting world domination. Elys was shortlisted for the...
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Bex Hogan
Bronte Tempestra is author Bex Hogan's first young fiction series and it's packed with adventure, friendship and magical creatures! A Cornish girl at heart, Bex now lives in Cambridgeshire with her husband, two beautiful daughters and a fluffy cocker spaniel. As well as...
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Dominique Valente
Look out for Witchspark, the magical new adventure by Dominique Valente, author of the bestselling Starfell series. Dominique's unique voice and brand of quirky magic has found fans amongst readers and booksellers across the globe. In W...
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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 Ag...
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Sarah Matthews & Rodney Matthews
Sarah and Rodney Matthews have created a new children's fantasy adventure, Oddney's Otherland: Chronicles from Beneath the Shed. Sarah Matthews has been writing stories since she was old enough to hold a pen and she has degrees in Langu...
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Ramzee
Author and comic creator Ramzee joins ReadingZone to tell us about his school days, a 'cheat book', and making readers laugh! Ramzee has written comic books for 2000ad and Marvel and designs and runs his own comics and illustration workshops. He was nominated for a Brit...
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Gabriel Dylan
For readers who like their adventures laced with a dash of horror... Look out for Gabriel Dylan's Shiver Point series! Gabriel Dylan is a surfer, snowboarder, secondary-school teacher and children's author. He's a huge horror fan, having grown up on a diet of King, Herbert and Laymon. H...