Authors Schools & Libraries
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Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman is one of the best-known children's authors living today. He spent much of his childhood on board ships as both his father and stepfather were in the Royal Air Force. He learnt to read whilst at sea, and considers his greatest influence to have been his grandfather. A clergyman...
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Ruth Doyle & Alexandra Finkeldey
Ruth Doyle's new picture book, A Horse Called Now, explores children's worries with the help of a horse, Now. Ruth lives on Mini Motley Sanctuary with a flock of sheep, eight chickens, three dogs, two rescued miniature horses, six guinea pigs, two rabbits and two grown-up chil...
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Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah (1958 - 2023): Poet, Musician, Campaigner Benjamin Zephaniah was a performer, musician, actor, and remains one of the UK's best-known poets. Born in Handsworth, Birmingham, Benjamin began writing and performing at the age of 11, and had his first col...
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Catherine Barter
Catherine Barter's We Played with Fire won the Young Quill's Award for historical fiction for her novel, We Played with Fire, which is based on a true story. Her first YA novel, Troublemakers (Andersen Press), was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and was l...
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David Almond
David Almond was born in Newcastle and spent his childhood playing football, camping with his friends and singing as an altar boy. He initially trained as a teacher before writing his award-winning novel Skellig. David's books sell all over the world, and in 2011 he was the re...
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EL Norry
Emma Norry has a BA (Hons) in Film and an MA in Screenwriting. She grew up in the care system in Cardiff, but now lives and works in Bournemouth with her husband and family. Emma's previous books include Son of the Circus, which was sho...
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Tracey Corderoy & Steven Lenton
Tracey Corderoy grew up in South Wales, on a council estate firmly sandwiched between the steel and chemical works. She’s a trained teacher, but now writes full-time in an old damp cottage in a valley in the woods. Her first book was published in 2010, and in March 2023, her 7...
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Samira Ahmed
Samira Ahmed is the bestselling author of Love, Hate and Other Filters and as well as writing, has taught high school English and worked in education non-profits and on political campaigns. Samira was born in Bombay, India, and grew up in Batavia, Illinois, in a house that smelled like...
