Authors Families
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Quentin Blake
The Princess Royal appointed Quentin Blake the first Children's Laureate at a ceremony in London in May 1999. The post highlights the importance of exceptional children's authors in creating the readers of tomorrow and this first appointment recognises Quentin's unique contribution to the worl...
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Clara Vulliamy
Clara was born in West London, the daughter of author illustrator Shirley Hughes and architect John Vulliamy. Her first experience of making pictures was being allowed to use up her mother's paints at the end of the day, which was, Clara says, 'like scraping the icing out of the bowl after bak...
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Rachel Rene Russell
Rachel Renee Russell is a lawyer who prefers writing children's books to legal briefs. She lives in Aldie, Virginia.
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Claire Fayers
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Ralph Steadman
Ralph Steadman is one of Britain's most highly acclaimed artists, having achieved prominence as an illustrator for adult as well as children's books. He contributes to several national newspapers.
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Claire Barker
Claire Barker grew up reading stories and when she left school, did a degree in English and History (when she read more stories). Since then, she has been a secretary, a poodle groomer, a shop assistant, a puppeteer, an English tutor, a waitress, an illustrator and a primary school teaching as...
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Rebecca Lisle
Rebecca was born in Yorkshire to artist parents. Rebecca has inherited some of their talent and illustrated a few of her books - she even did the cover of 'Shrubbery Skulduggery'. She has always lived in a house with dogs and cats and many of her books feature animals of one sort or another. S...
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Renee Watson
Renee Watson is the Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Author Award-winning author of the novels Piecing Me Together, What Momma Left Me and Watch Us Rise, co-written with Ellen Hagan. Renee is the founder of I, Too Arts Collective, a non-profit committed to nurturing under-represente...
