Authors Schools & Libraries
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Deborah Allwright
Deborah Allwright is a rising star in childrens illustration and The Night Pirates published by Egmont in 2005, marked an exciting new departure in her style. In 2006 she illustrated a new version of the classic campfire song, written by award-winning author Jonathan Emmett, Shell Be Coming Ro...
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David Whitley
David Whitley was born in Chester in 1984, and began composing stories shortly afterwards! His dream of writing Young Adult fiction was hugely encouraged when, at age 17 he was shortlisted for the Kathleen Fidler Award for a childrens novel and at 20 he won the Cheshire Prize for Litera...
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David Roberts
David Roberts was born in Liverpool, loved his primary school, and would make his own toys after his grandmother taught him to sew. He also loved music and played the double bass in the school orchestra. David hated high school, however, and left aged 16 to go to Art School and then wen...
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David McKee
David McKee's first book was published in 1964. His books are now published throughout the world, and many of them have been adapted for television. He is one of the leading contemporary children's book creators.
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David Lucas
David Lucas grew up in Hackney, East London, and studied illustration at the Royal College of Art. He lives and works in West London. His first book for Andersen Press, Halibut Jackson was published to great acclaim.
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David Levithan
As well as being a New York Times best-selling author, David is also a highly respected children's book editor whose list includes many luminaries of children's literature, including Garth Nix, Libba Bray and Suzanne Collins. He lives and works in New York. David Levithan won the Lambda...
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David Gilman
David Gilman has had an enormously impressive variety of jobs from firefighter to professional photographer, from soldier in the Parachute Regiment's Reconnaissance Platoon to Marketing Manager for Penguin South Africa. He is also a hugely successful television screenwriter. For the last six y...
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Dave Shelton
Dave Shelton was born and raised in Leicester. He studied illustration at Cambridge and, later, at Brighton, where he attained his MA in Sequential Illustration. He worked for some years as a jobbing illustrator before creating the comic strip Good Dog, Bad Dog, a slapstick comedy canine noir...
