Authors Families
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Matt Robertson
Matt Robertson grew up in Suffolk, and spent most of his childhood drawing and creating characters. He completed his MA in Children's Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art in 2014, receiving a Distinction for his work. Matt was the winner of a Lara Jones Award and received second...
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Matthew Skelton
Matthew Skelton's debut novel Endymion Spring was plucked from the slush pile of the Felicity Bryan Agency in Oxford, for its outstanding originality of style. Matthew's only other previously published work is a short story, The Man Who Did Not Dream, which was selected for Richard and Judy's...
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Maudie Smith
Maudie Smith started out as an actor, devising new musical plays for which she also wrote lyrics. Her many roles in children's theatre include the Snow Queen and Piglet. More recently she has written a libretto for a newly commissioned opera. In 2011 she completed an MA in Writing for Young Pe...
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Max Velthuijs
Max Velthuijs was born in The Hague in 1923, and died this year, aged 81. He is now considered to be one of Holland's most important creators of children's books, alongside Dick Bruna. He won several awards, including the Hans Christian Andersen Medal 2004. He worked as an illustrator o...
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Maz Evans
Maz's writing career began in journalism as a TV critic and feature writer. She has written for many national titles and is a regular pundit on The Jeremy Vine Show. After working as a creative writing lecturer, she founded Story Stew, an anarchic creative writing programme that has visited pr...
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Meg Cabot
Meggin Cabot (aka Meg Cabot) was born on 1st February 1967, in Bloomington, Indiana. Her childhood was spent in pursuit of air conditioning, of which there was little at the time in Southern Indiana. A primary source proved to be the Monroe County Public Library, where Meggin whiled away many...
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Meg Harper
Meg Harper lives in Warwickshire with her husband, their four children, dog, cat and two chickens. Meg first began writing seriously in her twenties to see if she could write at length. Previously a secondary school teacher, Meg is now, alongside writing, teaching youth theatre part-time. She...
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Meg Rosoff
Meg Rosoff was born in Boston, USA, in 1956 and now lives in London. She attended the prestigious Harvard University and moved to London to study art in 1977. Meg is sure she should always have been a writer! It took many years in advertising and journalism and a fortieth birthday to ma...
