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Adrian Reynolds
Adrian Reynolds was born in Castel-Nedd, South Wales in 1963. After studying at Swansea College of Art and later at Cambridgeshire College of Art and Technology, Adrian worked at Heffers Children's Book Shop then began writing and illustrating his own picture books.
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Bruce Ingman is an internationally acclaimed award-winning author and illustrator. Born in Liverpool, he studied at the Royal College of Art. His first book, When Martha's Away, won the prestigious Mother Goose Award for the Best British Newcomer to Children's Picture Books (1996) and T...
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Brothers Etherington
Robin and Lorenzo Etherington began their creative partnership at the tender ages of 8 and 5 respectively. Hunched side by side over the kitchen table they would draw furiously, their inspiration ignited by the adventures of Asterix and those indomitable Gauls. However it soon became clear to...
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Britta Teckentrup
Britta Teckentrup is an award winning illustrator, author and fine artist. She was born in Hamburg, growing up in a town called Wuppertal. She moved to London in 1988 to study illustration and fine art at St Martin's College and the Royal College of Art. Britta is the author and illustr...
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Brian Wildsmith
Brian Wildsmith was raised in the mining village of Penistone, near Sheffield. He won a scholarship to the Slade School of Fine Art, where he studied for three years, then spent his National Service teaching music at the Royal Military School of Music. After his time in the Army, he became an...
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Brendan Kearney
Brendan Kearney lives and works by the sea in South West England with his little dog, Crumble. He has always loved drawing since he started scribbling as a child and feels very lucky to be able to draw for a living. He particularly enjoys drawing animals (especially sea life!) and making up st...
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BR Collins
B.R. Collins is 27 and based in Kent. She has won the Young National Poetry competition two years running and had two plays produced (one of which, a free adaptation of Trojan Women, was performed to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe). She trained as an actor at the London Acad...
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Beverley Birch
Beverley Birch spent her childhood roaming vast plains and deep forests near her home in East Africa, dreaming of becoming an intrepid explorer in fantastic, far-away places. Instead she became a writer, and explores people and places through her books. She travels widely, and says, "Wh...
