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  • Jennie Cashman Wilson

    Jennie Cashman Wilson

    Becoming Brave is Jennie Cashman-Wilson's first children's book. Her background is in arts fundraising and working with young people, which is how she met her late husband, the acclaimed jazz trumpeter Abram Wilson. After his passing in 2012, Jennie set up the Abram Wilson cha...

  • Nishani Reed lives on a steep hill, which means that her garden is taller than her house! She spends a lot of time up there watching the pigeons on the roof and coming up with funny stories for children. Her first picture book is Nabil Steals A Penguin, illustrated by Junissa...

  • Sam Copeland

    Sam Copeland

    Sam Copeland is an author, which has come as something of a shock to him. He is from Manchester and now lives in London with two smelly cats, three smelly children and one relatively clean smelling wife. His bestselling book Charlie Changes In...

  • Stephanie Taylor is a British-born author of Jamaican heritage. Married to Michael, she has two amazing grown-up children, Sîan and Miles. Stephanie has worked in primary education for over 20 years at the same school in South East London.   Reading and writing books for child...

  • Craig Barr-Green & Francis Martin

    Craig Barr-Green & Francis Martin

    Craig Barr-Green writes picture books, non-fiction titles and theatre productions for children. He lectures in Children's Literature at Falmouth University and is a seasoned children's bookseller and storyteller. He set up Clickety Books to focus on early language development...

  • Em Lynas

    Em Lynas

    Em Lynas loves to write funny picture books, and stories for children about magic, dragons and folklore. Em has also worked as a primary school teacher, a mum and an educational publisher. She lives by the seaside on the North East coast with her husband, Geoff. <strong...

  • Em Lynas: The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat

    Em Lynas: The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat

    Em Lynas loves to write funny books and her latest picture book The Goat and the Stoat and the Boat is a hilarious tale about a stoat who must learn to share her boat with a goat... Em also loves to write about magic, dragons and folklore. Em has also worked as a primary schoo...

  • Barry Timms & Ged Adamson

    Barry Timms & Ged Adamson

    Barry Timms grew up in Cornwall. He spent his early years mending pop-up books brought home from the library by his mum. He later moved to London to study Fine Art at Central Saint Martins and then began editing children's books. More recently, Barry has been writing picture b...