Authors Families
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Rachel Morrisroe
Rachel Morrisroe is a new voice in the world of rhyming picture books. She is working with leading picture book talents, including Steven Lenton and Ella Okstad, to bring her hilarious and humorous ideas to life. Rachel is also an abstract artist and sells her work inter...
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Clare Helen Welsh & Ana Sanfelippo
Clare Helen Welsh is a primary school teacher and children's author who lives in South West England with her husband and two children. Clare does her best writing by the sea, which is lucky because she lives close to many beautiful beaches and the salty sea air. She is passio...
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Sally Anne Garland
Sally Anne Garland grew up in the Highlands of Scotland. According to her parents, her first really good drawing, aged four, was a large mural in crayon on the sitting-room wall... After graduating from Edinburgh College Of Art, Sally Anne Garland worked for a many years as an in-house...
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Deborah Chancellor
Deborah Chancellor has written over a hundred books for children, from toddlers to teenagers. She has tackled a broad range of subjects, both in fiction and non-fiction. A keen walker with a healthy appetite for good food, Deborah lives in rural Essex with her husband, their dog, small grandso...
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Bethan Clarke has been a story maker-upper ever since she could write them back to front. This has proven to be a vital outlet for her love of silliness and fondness for puns. Bethan lives near Manchester with her partner, two children, two dogs and a...
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Caryl Hart & Harry Woodgate
Caryl Hart and Harry Woodgate's new picture book series, My Small World, encourages wonder and exploration in young children. Caryl Hart writes picture books and young fiction and loves walking her dog...
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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...
