Authors Families
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Alex English
Alex English is a picture book author, a graduate of the Bath Spa University MA Writing for Young People and a SCBWI volunteer. She currently lives with her family just outside Paris. Sky Pirates: Echo Quickthorn and the Great Beyond is her first middle-grade title and the start of a swashbuck...
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Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith has always wanted to be a writer. After graduating college, he wrote for newspapers and radio stations, but found it wasn't the kind of writing he'd dreamed about doing. Born with an impulse to travel, Smith, the son of an immigrant, bounced around the world and from job to job, b...
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Beatrice Blue
Beatrice Blue is an author/illustrator and art director working in publishing and the animation industry. Her books have included Once Upon a Dragon's fire, Wonder, the art and practice of Beatrice Blue, and the critically acclaimed Once Upon a Unicorn Horn. She has worked with c...
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Adeline Yen Mah
Adeline Yen Mah was born in China on November 30th 1937 and now splits her time between London and Southern California. As well as being a writer, she is a fully qualified doctor and anaesthetist. Her first book for young people 'Chinese Cinderella' was published in 1999. Adeline Yen Ma...
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Anthony Horowitz
Anthony's first novel was published in 1979 when Anthony was just 23. He has since written many more and is also a prolific writer for television, film and theatre. He created the popular television series Foyle's War and the popular series Midsomer Murders. Anthony's phenomenally succe...
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Rachel Bright
Rachel Bright is a writer, illustrator, printmaker and eternal optimist. She is the creator of the award-winning stationery and homewares range, The Bright Side, which has sold over 2 million cards worldwide. Rachel has written and illustrated several books for children, including Love...
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Alex T Smith
Alex was born in 1985 and has drawn and written stories since he could hold a pencil. After considering several career options (space traveler, cake maker, professional rabbit) and working as a production assistant for an outdoor theatre events company, Alex decided to train to do the j...
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Ben Blathwayt
Benedict Blathwayt is best known for his hugely successful Little Red Train series, which are irresistible to parents with children who love machines. Ben was born on August 15th 1951 and worked as an office boy with a firm of architects when he left school, drawing maps and dealing wit...
