Authors Families
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Craig Simpson
Born in the New Forest in the 1960s, Craig spent his childhood in Southern England. After leaving school, he went to Bristol University to study Veterinary Medicine but after one year switched to Biochemistry. Graduating in 1984, he moved to Cambridge to work in the Research and Development de...
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Cornelia Funke
Cornelia Funke is the highly acclaimed, award-winning and bestselling author of the Inkheart trilogy, Dragon Rider, The Thief Lord and numerous other children's novels and picture books. Born in 1958 in the German town of Dorsten, she worked as a social worker for a few years before tur...
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Colin Hawkins
Colin Hawkins was born in Blackpool in 1945. After studying graphic design and illustration at art school, he worked as an illustrator/designer for the Daily Express before working on magazines and in advertising. Colin and his wife, Jacqui, decided to work together on a freelance basis...
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Colin Bateman
Colin Bateman was a journalist in Northern Ireland before becoming a full-time writer. His first novel, Divorcing Jack, won the Betty Trask Prize, and all his novels have been critically acclaimed. He wrote the screenplays for the feature films of Divorcing Jack, Crossmaheart and Wild About Ha...
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Cliff McNish
Cliff McNish was born in Sunderland, but has spent most of his life in the southeast of England and now lives in London. His daughter Rachel loved listening to his stories from an early age. THE DOOMSPELL started as one of these. 'But before I knew what was happening,' says Cliff, 'the...
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Clare Furniss
CLARE FURNISS studied at Cambridge University and worked for several years in political media relations, including for then-Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. She has completed an MA in Writing for Young People at Bath Spa University and now lives in Bath with her husband and three child...
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Clare Balding
Broadcaster Clare Balding has worked in radio since leaving university in 1994 and has been presenting sports on television since 1998. She has worked on five Olympic Games, four Paralympics and three Winter Olympics, and has presented racing for the BBC and Channel 4. She has also host...
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Quentin Blake
The Princess Royal appointed Quentin Blake the first Children's Laureate at a ceremony in London in May 1999. The post highlights the importance of exceptional children's authors in creating the readers of tomorrow and this first appointment recognises Quentin's unique contribution to the worl...
