Authors Families
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Justin Somper
Justin Somper, author of Vampirates, introduces his brand new pirate series, Pirate Academy! Justin grew up in St Albans and worked as a publicist for Puffin and Random House Children's Books, before setting up a PR consultancy of his own in North London. Vampirates was his debut serie...
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Jarvis
Jarvis, author of The Boy With Flowers In His Hair, shares his new picture book, Thank You, with ReadingZone. Jarvis's earlier picture books include Alan's Big, Scary Teeth; Tropical Terry and Follow Me, Flo! An animator who has worked as a record jacket designer and an animation dir...
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James Nicol
James Nicol, author of The Apprentice Witch series, tells ReadingZone about his new eco fantasy, The Cloud Thief. James has loved books and stories his whole life. As a child he spent hours absorbed in novels, watching epic 1980s cartoons and adventuring in the wood at the bottom of the...
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Mariajo Ilustrajo
Award-winning author and illustrator Mariajo Ilustrajo introduces her new picture book, I Love Books, on ReadingZone. Mariajo is a Spanish illustrator and designer based in the UK. In 2020 she was crowned overall 'New Talent' winner of the World Illustration Awards, before completing he...
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Piu DasGupta
Our debut author of the month Piu DasGupta introduces her novel, Secrets of the Snakestone. Piu was born in Calcutta, India and grew up in India and the UK. She studied English at Oxford University and worked in several serious professions and places be...
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Katrina Charman & Guilherme Karstenn
Katrina Charman and Guilherme Karsten tell ReadingZone how a traditional children's song inspired their new picture book, Hen in the Bed Katrina Charman lives in a house full of bookshelves fit to bursting, and continues to fill them wi...
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Rachel Chivers Khoo
Rachel Chivers Khoo introduces her magical new story, The Magician Next Door, and tells ReadingZone about writing, inspiration and adventures! Rachel and was born in Belfast and spent most of her childhood sheltering in her local library from the endles...
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Elys Dolan
Rex Dinosaur in Disguise is the brilliantly funny novel for younger readers from Elys Dolan, who makes picture-books about everything from seagull detectives to capitalist bunny rabbits and weasels plotting world domination. Elys was sh...
