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John Kane
When John Kane was younger, he liked to make up stories for his little sister. Jimmy and Bear, who appeared in them, are still remembered to this day. John lives in Dublin, but has also lived in Australia, where he set up Australia's number one independent advertising agency. His...
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Rachel Greener
Rachel Greener is a children's books editor from London who has written and edited fiction, non-fiction and picture books about everything from the ancient Egyptians and ocean plastics to teenage detectives and zombie goldfish. She wrote this book because she thinks it is impo...
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Clare Helen Welsh
Clare Helen Welsh's new book, Time to Move South for Winter, illustrated by Jenny Løvlie, explores themes of migration through the flight of an Arctic tern. Clare is a primary school teacher and children's author who lives in South West England with her husban...
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Tracey Corderoy
Tracey Corderoy introduces her young fiction series, The Story Shop, encouraging young readers in the creation of their own adventures! Tracey grew up in South Wales, on a council estate firmly sandwiched between the steel and chemical works. She's a trained teach...
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Gareth P Jones
Gareth P Jone's new Solve Your Own Mystery book, The Time Thief, takes us to the dark side of Haventry, where the precious 'time sponge' has been stolen... Gareth has written many books for children, including the Ninja Meerkats, Pet Defenders and Dragon Detective series, and...
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Philip Reeve
Philip Reeve was born and raised in Brighton, worked in a bookshop and produced and directed a number of no-budget theatre projects. Then he began illustrating children's books including the best-selling Horrible Histories, Murderous Maths and Dead Famous series. Reeve had been writin...
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Robert Muchamore
Robert Muchamore's new series brings Robin Hood into the 21st century! Robert was inspired to create his bestselling CHERUB series by his nephews' complaints about the lack of anything for them to read! CHERUB: The Recruit was Robert's first book and the seri...
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Radiya Hafiza
Radiya Hafiza's new book, Rumaysa: Ever After, revisits the fairytale world of Rumaysa: A Fairytale, and this Rumaysa is searching for her own 'happy ever after'. Radiya studied English Language and Literature at King’s College London and worked in publ...
