Authors Schools & Libraries
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Dan Scott
Dan Scott was born in Surrey, England. Growing up, he loved swimming, climbing and playing guitar. A visit to Fishbourne Roman Palace in Sussex when he was 11 sparked a lifelong fascination with ancient Rome. This, combined with his hobby of reading historical fiction, gave him plenty of inspi...
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Dan Freedman
Dan Freedman is best known for his hugely popular series of Jamie Johnson football novels (Scholastic UK) which have been adapted for TV by the BBC. The third series of the Jamie Johnson TV drama finished its CBBC run in 2018, with a fourth series currently in production. The Jamie Johnson boo...
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Damian Dibben
Damian has worked extensively as a screenwriter on projects as diverse as Phantom Of The Opera and Puss In Boots. His original screenplay, Seventh Heaven will go into production next year. His varied passions include cosmology, ancient history, natural science and rollicking adventure stories....
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CS Lewis
CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS was born in Ireland, in the outskirts of Belfast, on 29 November 1898. He had one older brother, Warren, who was three years his senior. When C. S. Lewis (or 'Jack', as he was called), was 9 years old his mother died of cancer and soon after her death, in 1908, he was sent...
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Crystal Chan
Crystal Chan grew up as a mixed-race kid in the middle of the Wisconsin cornfields and has been trying to find her place in the world ever since. Over time, she found that her heart lies in public speaking, performing, and ultimately, writing. She has published articles in several magazines; g...
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Cressida Cowell
Cressida Cowell grew up mostly in Central London. She has a B.A. in English Literature from Oxford, a BA in Graphic Design from St Martin's and an MA in Narrative Illustration from Brighton. Cressida wrote and illustrated her first picture book, LITTLE BO PEEP'S LIBRARY BOOK for Hodder...
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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...
