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  • Sibeal Pounder

    Sibeal Pounder

    Sibéal Pounder is the bestselling author of Witch Wars and Bad Mermaids and her new series, Neon's Secret Universe, takes us into the alternate and very colourful world of unicorns!  Sibéal's debut, Witch Wars, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Childr...

  • David Solomons

    David Solomons

    A Beginner’s Guide to Ruling the Galaxy is David Solomon's sixth novel for children and follows his bestselling My Brother is a Superhero series.  Before writing for children, he wrote screenplays for many years and his first feature film was an adaptation of 'Five Child...

  • Adam Baron

    Adam Baron

    Adam Baron, author of Boy Underwater, has been an actor, comedian, journalist and press officer at Channel 4 television. He also writes for children and adults, and now runs the widely respected MA in Creative Writing at Kings...

  • Lola Morayo

    Lola Morayo

    Lola Morayo is the pen name for the creative partnership of writers Tólá Okogwu and Jasmine Richards. Both are passionate about telling stories that are inclusive and joyful.  Twitter: @LolaMorayo Website: <a href="https://lolamoray...

  • Jonathan Tulloch

    Jonathan Tulloch

    Cuckoo Summer, a wartime story about evacuation and the effects of war, is Jonathan Tulloch's first book for children. It was inspired by stories heard from family members in Cumbria who had had evacuees to stay during the war years. Jonathan is also the author of eight novels...

  • Hana Tooke

    Hana Tooke

    Hana Tooke's new novel, The Midnighters, follows a group of children as they explore and discover new skills, at midnight. Hana was born in Alkmaar, Netherlands, in 1985 and moved to England in the late 1990s. She now lives in Bath with a big human, a little human, and an even littler c...

  • Alex Cotter

    Alex Cotter

    Alex Cotter has worked hard all her life at daydreaming, while making a living from words: from bookselling at W.H.Smith and publicising The Booker Prize to copywriting and teaching creative writing. Alex lives near Bath in an ancient house, with cobwebs, creaky floorboards, one husband, two c...

  • Larry Hayes

    Larry Hayes

    Larry Hayes talks about siblings, time travel, and his new book, How To Survive Time Travel.  When he's not writing, Larry helps run an investment fund, and is a trustee for a homeless charity. Before lockdown, he homeschooled his two kids every Friday, lettin...