Authors Families
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Sophie Cleverly
Sophie Cleverly was born in Bath in 1989. She wrote her first story at the age of four, though it used no punctuation and was essentially one long sentence. Thankfully, things have improved since then and she has earned a BA in Creative Writing and MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa...
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Sally Gardner
Sally Gardner trained at art college and went on to work in the theatre, winning awards for her costume designs for some notable productions. After her twin daughters and her son were born she started to illustrate children's books, and then turned to writing. She lives in Nor...
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Levi Pinfold
Levi Pinfold is the author and illustrator of a number of books for children. The Django (2010) won the Booktrust Best Emerging Illustrator Award and was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway medal. His second book, Black Dog, was also shortlisted...
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David Litchfield
DAVID LITCHFIELD first started to draw when he was very young, creating Star Wars and Indiana Jones 'mash up' comics for his older brother and sister. His first picture book, The Bear and the Piano, won the Waterstones...
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Frank Beddor
Frank Beddor is a man of many talents and his careers have included professional skiing (two-time freestyle world champion), acting (appearing opposite Carrie Fisher in Amazon Women on the Moon) and film making (he produced the 1998 hit 'There's Something About Mary') before he decided to beco...
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Fiona Woodcock
Fiona Woodcock grew up in Leicester and always wanted to draw. Since graduating from Glasgow School of Art she has been working freelance in London on animated films, commercials and illustration work. She likes to draw with a tipp-ex mouse, children's blow pens, cutting stencils and pr...
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Frances Hardinge
Frances Hardinge says that she and her sister were "lucky enough to be brought up in an environment infested with books". Even when scarcely crawling, their mother would prop up little cloth books for the girls to look at. "I can't remember a time when I wasn't reading, and trying to write," s...
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Frank Cottrell-Boyce
Frank Cottrell Boyce, father of seven, is an established British screenwriter whose film credits include WELCOME TO SARAJEVO, HILARY AND JACKIE and 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE. He lives in Merseyside with his family. Frank's first book, Millions, won the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2004 and was shortlist...
