Authors Families
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Ally Sherrick
Ally Sherrick was a slow starter when it came to reading, but once words began to 'click', she was a confirmed bookworm. After a degree in Medieval History from Newcastle University, she went on to study an MA in Writing for Children at the University of Winchester. Ally is a staunch su...
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Ally Condie
Ally Condie received a degree in English Teaching from Brigham Young University and spent a number of years teaching high school English in Utah and in New York. She lives with her husband and three children near Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Allan Ahlberg
Allan Ahlberg is one of the most acclaimed authors of children's books, particularly in partnership with his late wife Janet. Together, they produced such classics as The Jolly Postman, Burglar Bill and Each Peach Pear Plum. Allan has now written around 150 titles for children including the pr...
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Alan Gibbons
Author Alan Gibbons shot to stardom when he won the Blue Peter Book Award for 'The Book I Couldn't Put Down' in 2000 with Shadow of the Minotaur, the first title in his Legendeer trilogy. Shadow of the Minotaur was also shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal. Although it narrowl...
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Alan Snow
Alan Snow is an English artist, working with books, animation, film and computers. He has written and illustrated over 160 books for children, including How Dogs Really Work, The Truth About Cats, and How Santa Really Works. He has also worked on a very diverse range of other projects, includi...
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Fiona Waters
Once upon a time long, long ago, Fiona Waters was born in Edinburgh and she has had her nose in a book ever since. When she was about seven she heard Gabriel Woolf reading The Lady of Shalott on the radio and, from that moment, she was hooked on poetry forever. Fiona has worked with chi...
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Fiona Higgins
F. E. Higgins was born in England but raised in Ireland. She trained and worked as a primary school teacher before turning to writing. She now lives and writes in a house that dates back to the fifteenth century, in a small village in rural Kent. THE BLACK BOOK OF SECRETS is her debut, and she...
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Faye Bird
Faye Bird lives in London with her family. She studied Philosophy and Literature at Warwick University and always wanted to be a writer, but wasn't brave enough initially to try. In 2012, she decided to be brave and commit seriously to her writing. My secret Lies With You is Faye's thir...
