Authors Families
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Patrick Gallagher
Transcendent, the action-packed debut by Patrick Gallagher, explores the climate crisis against a backdrop of Uganda and London, and with a surprising twist that you won't see coming! Patrick is a primary school teacher from South London with roots in Goa in India and D...
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Jennifer Bell
Find out what inspired Jennifer Bell's wondrous new series, Magicalia: Race of Wonders! Londoner Jennifer Bell worked as a children's bookseller at a world-famous bookshop before becoming an author. Her debut series, The Uncommoners, was an international bestseller and has been transla...
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Susannah Lloyd & Kate Hindley: Who Ate Steve?
Susannah Lloyd is the author of picture books including Who Ate Steve?, Here Be Giants and Here Be Dragons. Libraries and bookshops are her happy place. Her books are inspired by old black and white movies, dusty stuffed animals in museums and all things small in the world.</p...
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Gloria Goes for Gold by Marina Firth & Annabel Tempest
Discover a young hippo who loves her medal-winning family, but who wants to win a prize all by herself. Illustrator Annabel Tempest introduces Gloria Goes for Gold! Marina Firth lives in Hertfordshire...
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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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Chibundu Onuzo
Chibundu Onuzo, author of Welcome to Lagos, introduces her first children's book, Mayowa and the Sea of Words. Chibundu was born in Lagos, Nigeria but moved to England as a teenager and now lives in London. She signed the deal for her first book, The Spider King's Daugh...
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Fiona Longmuir
Freya's Gold by Fiona Longmuir is a mystery story about a secret tunnel, hidden treasure and a community fighting to save its town. Fiona was born in Paisley, Scotland. Shortly after, she picked up a pencil and never really put it back down. She writes stories about s...
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Marcela Ferreira & Mark Chambers: Bear Vs Dragon
Marcela Ferreira was born in Rio de Janeiro, and moved to London as a teenager. She started reading picture books (in English) after her children were born and hasn't been able to stop since! Her first two picture books The Treasure (Magic Cat) and Th...
