Authors Families
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Patrice Lawrence
Award-winning author Patrice Lawrence introduces her first picture book, Granny Came Here on the Empire Windrush. Patrice Lawrence was born in Brighton and brought up in an Italian and Trinidadian household. Her first book for young adults, Orangeboy, won the Bookseller YA Prize and Ind...
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David Melling
David grew up in London with various siblings and a selection of animals. It took him a while to decide what he wanted to do with his pencils (he never stopped drawing), until he began illustrating children's books. In 2001 he wrote and illustrated the first of his own picture books, The Kiss...
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Rhiannon Findlay
Rhiannon Findlay is a rising star in the world of children's picture books, whose talent for rhyme and imaginative story-telling has made her books must-haves at bedtime for toddlers across the world. Findlay lives in Hertfordshire, England. When she's not writing, she can be found exploring,...
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Jennie Cashman Wilson
Becoming Brave is Jennie Cashman-Wilson's first children's book. Her background is in arts fundraising and working with young people, which is how she met her late husband, the acclaimed jazz trumpeter Abram Wilson. After his passing in 2012, Jennie set up the Abram Wilson cha...
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Nishani Reed lives on a steep hill, which means that her garden is taller than her house! She spends a lot of time up there watching the pigeons on the roof and coming up with funny stories for children. Her first picture book is Nabil Steals A Penguin, illustrated by Junissa...
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Sam Copeland
Sam Copeland is an author, which has come as something of a shock to him. He is from Manchester and now lives in London with two smelly cats, three smelly children and one relatively clean smelling wife. His bestselling book Charlie Changes In...
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Stephanie Taylor is a British-born author of Jamaican heritage. Married to Michael, she has two amazing grown-up children, Sîan and Miles. Stephanie has worked in primary education for over 20 years at the same school in South East London. Reading and writing books for child...
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Craig Barr-Green & Francis Martin
Craig Barr-Green writes picture books, non-fiction titles and theatre productions for children. He lectures in Children's Literature at Falmouth University and is a seasoned children's bookseller and storyteller. He set up Clickety Books to focus on early language development...
