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PG Bell
PG Bell grew up in south Wales, where he says he was 'raised on a diet of Greek mythology, ghost stories and Doctor Who'. The jobs he has had over the years range from lifeguard to a Disney roller coaster operator, but all he has ever really wanted to do is write stories for a living. And now...
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Deirdre Sullivan
Deirdre Sullivan's latest book Precious Catastrophe is the darkly magical follow-up to Perfectly Preventable Deaths. Deirdre is a writer from Galway. Her 2016 novel Needlework was awarded a White Raven and the CBI Honour Award for fiction. Tangleweed and Brine, a collection of...
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Liz Kessler
Liz Kessler is the author of 23 books for children and young adults. Her new novel, When the World Was Ours, was inspired by her father’s childhood escape from the Nazis just before the second world war. The book is aimed at young (and not-so-young) adults. Liz's books range from Early...
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Francesca Simon
Francesca Simon, author of the bestselling Horrid Henry books, has a new series about two naughty Viking children, Hack and Wack, and the second book featuring Grunt the Berserker is now available. Francesca was born in the US and attended Yale and Oxford universities....
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Gabriela Houston
Gabriela Houston's debut middle grade novel, The Wind Child, draws on her Slavic roots to create a magical story of ice and wonder. Gabriela was born in Poland and raised in a book-loving household on the nourishing diet of mythologies, classics and graphic novels. She...
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Perdita and Honor Cargill
The second Accidental Witch book, Flying High, sees Bea trying to learn new witch skills, look after the mysterious 'Egg' and find a way to bring her magical and non-magical friends together. Honor and Perdita Cargill, the duo behind the Accidental Witc...
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Jeremy Williams
Jeremy Williams's new children's book, Max Counts to a Million, takes us back to lockdown and follows Max who sets himself a huge challenge. Jeremy grew up in Madagascar where he lived with his parents, two brothers, two sisters, a dog, three pigeons, sixteen chickens, four ducks, four...
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Catherine Wilkins
Catherine Wilkins' new novel, You're Not the Boss of Me, as a hilarious look at school talent shows, chaotic families, and sexism in schools. Catherine is a writer and comedian. She writes jokes and stories which she performs around the country to strangers in the dark,...
