Authors Schools & Libraries
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Alex T Smith
Alex was born in 1985 and has drawn and written stories since he could hold a pencil. After considering several career options (space traveler, cake maker, professional rabbit) and working as a production assistant for an outdoor theatre events company, Alex decided to train to do the j...
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Ben Blathwayt
Benedict Blathwayt is best known for his hugely successful Little Red Train series, which are irresistible to parents with children who love machines. Ben was born on August 15th 1951 and worked as an office boy with a firm of architects when he left school, drawing maps and dealing wit...
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Sophie Cleverly
Sophie Cleverly was born in Bath in 1989. She wrote her first story at the age of four, though it used no punctuation and was essentially one long sentence. Thankfully, things have improved since then and she has earned a BA in Creative Writing and MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa...
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Sally Gardner
Sally Gardner trained at art college and went on to work in the theatre, winning awards for her costume designs for some notable productions. After her twin daughters and her son were born she started to illustrate children's books, and then turned to writing. She lives in Nor...
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Levi Pinfold
Levi Pinfold is the author and illustrator of a number of books for children. The Django (2010) won the Booktrust Best Emerging Illustrator Award and was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway medal. His second book, Black Dog, was also shortlisted...
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David Litchfield
DAVID LITCHFIELD first started to draw when he was very young, creating Star Wars and Indiana Jones 'mash up' comics for his older brother and sister. His first picture book, The Bear and the Piano, won the Waterstones...
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Frank Beddor
Frank Beddor is a man of many talents and his careers have included professional skiing (two-time freestyle world champion), acting (appearing opposite Carrie Fisher in Amazon Women on the Moon) and film making (he produced the 1998 hit 'There's Something About Mary') before he decided to beco...
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Fiona Woodcock
Fiona Woodcock grew up in Leicester and always wanted to draw. Since graduating from Glasgow School of Art she has been working freelance in London on animated films, commercials and illustration work. She likes to draw with a tipp-ex mouse, children's blow pens, cutting stencils and pr...
