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Polly Faber and Harriet Hobday
All Through the Night, the new picture book from Polly Faber and illustrator Harriet Hobday, celebrates those who work for their communities during the night. Polly Faber's grandfather set up the publishing house Faber & Faber so she grew up reading...
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Sarah Massini
Sarah Massini's stand out illustrations for The Witching's Wish bring to life the text by Lu Fraser. Sarah studied Graphic Design in Manchester and followed careers in corporate design and children's book design before settling down to pursue her life-long dream of illustratin...
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Lesley Parr
Author Lesley Parr's new historical fiction novel, When the War Came Home (Bloomsbury), explores the effects of WWI after the war had ended. Lesley grew up in South Wales and now lives in England with her husband and their...
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Sam Sedgman and MG Leonard
MG Leonard and Sam Sedgman are the writing duo behind the brilliant Adventures on Trains series! MG Leonard is the internationally bestselling author of the Battle of the Beetles trilogy; Beetle Boy won the Branford Boase award. She is a beetle expert and lives in Brigh...
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Chris Bradford
Chris Bradford is a multi-million copy bestselling author who practises 'method writing'. For his award-winning Young Samurai series, he trained in samurai swordsmanship, karate, ninjutsu and earned his black belt in Zen Kyu Shin Taijutsu. For his Bodyguard series, he embarked on an intensive...
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Nick Lake
Locked Out Lily is Nick Lake's first middle grade book for children, who is the critically-acclaimed author of many YA novels. His books have won several prizes including the Michael L. Printz Award, and have been shortlisted three times for the Carnegie Medal - most recently for his novel Now...
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David Farr
The Book of Stolen Dreams is David Farr's debut novel and is a story he has always wanted to write, and has always wanted to write for children. David was born and raised in a small town in Surrey. His father is English and loves nature and his mother is a descendant of German-...
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Richard Lambert
Shadow Town is Richard Lambert's first novel for children and follows his debut YA novel, The Wolf Road. Both books are published by Everything With Words. Richard Lambert was born in London. He has had many differen...
