Authors Families
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Sally Gardner & Lydia Corry
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...
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Alex Wheatle
Alex Wheatle is the author of several acclaimed novels, many of them inspired by experiences from his childhood. He was born in Brixton to Jamaican parents, and spent most of his childhood in a Surrey children's home. Following a short stint in prison following the Brixton uprising of 1...
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Tom Nicoll
Tom Nicoll has been writing since he was at school, where he enjoyed trying to fit in as much silliness into his essays as he could possibly get away with. He is also a big comedy, TV and movie nerd. Tom lives just outside Edinburgh with his wife, daughter and a cat that thinks it's a d...
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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...
