Authors Families

  • Giles Andreae

    Giles Andreae

    Giles Andreae's first children's book, Rumble in the Jungle, was an instant hit and has been followed by several bestselling sequels, including Commotion in the Ocean and Dinosaurs Galore. The Lion Who Wanted to Love won the Red House Best Picture Book Award in 1998, as did Pants in 200...

  • Gillian Cross

    Gillian Cross

    Gillian Cross was born on the edge of London and, for as long as she can remember, has loved books and stories. Before she could read her mother would make up stories for her, and she can still remember the tale of How Silvia and her Little Sister Danced the Wedding of the Painted Doll. Later,...

  • Gillian McClure

    Gillian McClure

    Gillian McClures first picture book was published in 1974 when she was an Infant and Nursery teacher. Since then she has gone on to write many highly acclaimed and award winning picture books as well as collaborating, as an illustrator, with writers such as Philippa Pearce and Kevin Crossley H...

  • Grace Easton

    Grace Easton

    Grace Easton was born in London and studied illustration at Central Saint Martins, Brighton University and Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Before becoming an author and illustrator she was a baker, a Christmas elf, and a designer for Penguin Books. Her work has been recogn...

  • Graham Marks

    Graham Marks

    Graham is an ex-graphic designer-turned author. When he's not writing teen/YA novels for Bloomsbury and younger fiction for Usborne, he is Children's Books Editor for the -trade paper Publishing News. In this capacity, he has interviewed just about every major publisher, author and illustrator...

  • Greg Howard

    Greg Howard

    Greg Howard grew up near the coast of South Carolina. His hometown of Georgetown is known as the "Ghost Capital of the South" (seriously...there's a sign), and was always a great source of material for his overactive imagination. Raised in a staunchly religious home, Greg escaped into the arts...

  • Griselda Gifford

    Griselda Gifford

    Griselda Gifford has had over 20 books for children published and has also written short stories for adults. She has run writing workshops for children and adults and now teaches Creative Writing at an Adult Education Centre. She exhibits and sells her paintings locally and belongs to a photog...

  • Gus Clark

    Gus Clark

    Gus Clarke was born and brought up in Suffolk. He studied at Edinburgh and Kingston Schools of Art and he has been involved in design and illustrations for print and television. He has produced many successful books for Andersen Press. He has two sons.