Authors Families
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Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan spent 15 years as a teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area and in Texas. In 1997 he began publishing mystery novels for adults. His popular Tres Nevarre series has won the top three national awards in the mystery genre - the Edgar, the Anthony and the Shamus. Rick was inspir...
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Ridley Pearson
Ridley Pearson is a bestselling crime novelist whose work includes The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, The First Victim and Parallel Lies. In 1991, he was the first American to be awarded the Raymond Chandler/Fulbright Fellowship in Detective Fiction at Oxford University. Ridley also plays bass guita...
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Rilla Alexander
Rilla Alexander has been making books since she was two. She would tell the story to her mother who'd type it onto her pictures and bind them into books complete with a biography. But amongst a constant flurry of creative projects, Rilla started to leave a trail of unfinished ideas behind her....
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Chelsey Flood
Chelsey Flood is 28 and graduated from the UEA Creative Writing MA last year. She is a member of the Lucky 13 writers group, and has already won several prizes and awards for her writing. This is her debut novel, and she is currently working on a second book. Chelsey blogs at thelucky13s.blogs...
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Roald Dahl
From the publication of JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH and CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY in the 1960s to his death in 1990, Roald Dahl has become the most successful children's author in the world. Roald Dahl was born in 1916. His father and elder sister died when Roald was just three. H...
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Christopher Paolini
Christopher Paolini's abiding love of fantasy and science fiction inspired him to begin writing his debut novel, Eragon, when he graduated from high school at fifteen after being home-schooled all his life. He became a New York Times bestselling author at nineteen. Christopher lives in Montana...
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Robert Rigby
Robert Rigby began his career as a journalist, and then spent several years in the music business as a songwriter and session musician. He turned to writing for radio, television and the theatre and has also directed and performed in children's theatre throughout the country. He has bec...
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Robert Winston
TV presenter Lord Robert Winston belongs to that rare breed of scientists who combine academic brilliance with charisma and a flair for communication. His TV appearances have made him a household name, and he recently beat Delia Smith ina 'power list' poll of celebrities. His BBC...
