Authors Families
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NM Browne
N.M. Browne lives in London. She was born in the North of England to Welsh parents. This background inspired a fascination with all things Celtic and an interest in how earlier societies survived the bleakness of a northern winter. In spite of strenuous practice she is quite unable to s...
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Non Pratt
After graduating from Trinity College Cambridge, Non Pratt became a book editor at Usborne, working on the bestselling Sticker Dolly Dressing and Things to Make and Do series. She lives in London with her husband and small(ish) child and writes full time. Trouble was her first novel, followed...
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Tom Becker
Tom Becker lives and works in London for a publisher but was born and grew up in Lancashire. He studied History at University before moving to London to find work - and to focus on his writing. He was just 26 when his first children's book, Darkside, was published and won the Waterstone's Chil...
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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...