Authors Schools & Libraries
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Holly Rivers
HOLLY RIVERS grew up in Wales and speaks fluent Welsh and English. As a child she spent a lot of time drawing, reading and wishing that she was Pippi Longstocking. Holly used to be an actress, most notably playing Drusilla Paddock in ITV's original Worst Witch series. Her days are now s...
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Holly Smale
Holly Smale is the author of Geek Girl, Model Misfit, Picture Perfect and All That Glitters. She was unexpectedly spotted by a top London modelling agency at the age of 15 and spent the following two years falling over on catwalks, going bright red and breaking things she couldn't affor...
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Ian Beck
Ian Beck was born in Hove on the Sussex coast in 1947. At the age of thirteen, after seeing an exhibition of drawings for the Radio Times, he was fired with enthusiasm about illustration and began attending Saturday painting classes at the nearby Brighton College of Art. Ian left school at fif...
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Ian Ogilvy
Ian is best known as an actor in particular for his take-over of the role of The Saint from Roger Moore. He has appeared in countless television productions, both here and in the United States, has made a number of films and starred often on the West End stage. Ian was born in Woking, S...
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Ian Whybrow
Ian Whybrow was born in Gilliam, Kent, however he likes to keep the date confidential! He is a qualified teacher and lives in Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex and Almeley Wootton, Herefordshire (although not simultaneously.) His first book 'The Sniff Stories' was published in 1989. Ian rec...
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Ifeoma Onyefulu
Ifeoma Onyefulu was brought up in eastern Nigeria. After completing a business management course she trained as a photographer, contributing to a number of magazines. Her highly-acclaimed children's books counteract negative images of Africa by celebrating its traditional village life.<...
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Imogen White
Imogen won her place in the Undiscovered Voices 2014 Anthology with the opening to The Rose Muddle Mysteries. Imogen loves local history, and children's stories that aren't limited to beautiful countryside locations or secluded seaside coves. She lives in Hove with her husband, children and be...
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Irfan Master
Irfan Master has worked as a librarian and was project manager of Reading the Game at the National Literacy Trust. His father is from Gujarat, where A Beautiful Lie is set, and his mother is from Pakistan. Irfan grew up speaking both Urdu and English. Irfan is originally from Leicester...
