Authors Families

  • James Weston Lewis

    James Weston Lewis

    Born in Bath, James moved to Oxfordshire when he was 5 where he grew up in a small village. He did an Art Foundation degree at Oxford Brookes University and then moved to Bristol to study Illustration at the University of the West of England, where he specialised in Print. James now lives in L...

  • Jamie Buxton

    Jamie Buxton

    Jamie Buxton read English at Cambridge and has been writing all his adult life. He taught in the States for a while and splits his time between London, Dartmoor, his car, local cafes and libraries. He is married with one child plus dogs, cats and all their fleas. He has also travelled e...

  • Jamie Thomson

    Jamie Thomson

    Jamie Thomson is the minion and slave of the Dark Lord, Dirk Lloyd. Hes an author and games developer who has written numerous choose-your-own-adventure style gamebooks, including some titles from the Fighting Fantasy series and The Way of the Tiger (six linked adventures about a ninja hero: e...

  • Jamila Gavin

    Jamila Gavin

    Jamila Gavin was born in India in the foothills of the Himalayas, and came to England for secondary school. She has vivid childhood memories and looks back on her early years with fondness. Jamila was nearly 12 years old when she came to settle in England and was very aware of the cultu...

  • Jan Mark

    Jan Mark

    From an early age Jan Mark considered herself a writer. Although she didn't foresee that her writing would become her career, she actually studied art and design and taught English and Art for 6 years, she turned to writing full time in 1975 and has published over 65 novels, short stories, pic...

  • Jan Page

    Jan Page

    Jan Page is a novelist, screenwriter and television producer, whose experience ranges right across the age spectrum. She has played a vital role in a number of popular Childrens television series including: The Tweenies, Thomas the Tank Engine and Postman Pat. Jan Page was born in Londo...

  • Jane Bull

    Jane Bull

    JANE BULL has had many years' experience working in children's activity books, thinking up fantastic ideas for children to create. Included among the many titles Jane has worked on are several of Dorling Kindersley's 'My First' series, The Rainy Day Activity Book, The Outdoor Activity Book, an...

  • Jane Casey

    Jane Casey

    Jane Casey was born and brought up in Dublin and read English at Jesus College, Oxford, followed by an MPhil in Anglo-Irish Literature at Trinity College, Dublin. She worked in publishing for nine years and commissioned best-selling children's books, specialising in fiction for teenager...