Authors Schools & Libraries
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Roma Agrawal and Katie Hickey
Roma Agrawal, MBE is an award-winning engineer and author and How Was That Built is her first book for children. From footbridges to skyscrapers - including The Shard - she has left an indelible mark on London's landscape. Roma is an inspiring promoter of engi...
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Tracey Turner
Tracey Turner is a writer and editor and her new book, The Mouse Before Christmas (Sunbird Books), has just been published. Tracey lives with her partner Tom, their son Toby, and a large and energetic dog called Wellington. She loves going for walks in the countryside, especia...
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Alex Bellos And Ben Lyttleton
En Lyttleton is an author, broadcaster and consultant to professional football clubs. He has written for The Guardian, Sunday Times, Newsweek and TIME International. His work has been syndicated in over 20 countries. He is the author of Twelve Yards: The Art a...
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Gianna Pollero
Gianna Pollero was born and raised in Kent but also spent a considerable amount of her childhood in northern Italy, where the majority of her family live. She originally trained as a journalist and is currently a communications manager for a schools' academy trust in Kent. In 2017, she...
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Em Norry
Emma (she also writes as EL Norry) has a BA (Hons) in Film and an MA in Screenwriting and has written a number of short stories for adults. Her first YA manuscript, Bury the Things You Cannot Hide, draws on her personal experiences as a mixed-race child and teenager growing up...
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William Hussey
William Hussey's The Outrage, set in a future England that has become a fascist state, is published this month. As a gay man and a visiting author, Hussey has spoken to hundreds of LGBTQ+ students worldwide. Hearing their stories of modern intolerance, prejudice and the tragic...
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Elen Caldecott
Elen Caldecott graduated with an MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa University. At the end of the course she was highly commended in the PFD Prize for Most Promising Writer for Young People. Before becoming a writer, she was an archaeologist, a nurse, a theatre usher and a mus...
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Wibke Brueggemann
Wibke Brueggemann grew up in northern Germany and the United States, but London is now her home.She originally studied acting at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, and then decided to become a writer.Wibke has a Master's in Writing for Young People...
