Authors Schools & Libraries
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Gillian Cross
Gillian Cross was born on the edge of London and, for as long as she can remember, has loved books and stories. Before she could read her mother would make up stories for her, and she can still remember the tale of How Silvia and her Little Sister Danced the Wedding of the Painted Doll. Later,...
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Gillian McClure
Gillian McClures first picture book was published in 1974 when she was an Infant and Nursery teacher. Since then she has gone on to write many highly acclaimed and award winning picture books as well as collaborating, as an illustrator, with writers such as Philippa Pearce and Kevin Crossley H...
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Grace Easton
Grace Easton was born in London and studied illustration at Central Saint Martins, Brighton University and Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Before becoming an author and illustrator she was a baker, a Christmas elf, and a designer for Penguin Books. Her work has been recogn...
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Graham Marks
Graham is an ex-graphic designer-turned author. When he's not writing teen/YA novels for Bloomsbury and younger fiction for Usborne, he is Children's Books Editor for the -trade paper Publishing News. In this capacity, he has interviewed just about every major publisher, author and illustrator...
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Greg Howard
Greg Howard grew up near the coast of South Carolina. His hometown of Georgetown is known as the "Ghost Capital of the South" (seriously...there's a sign), and was always a great source of material for his overactive imagination. Raised in a staunchly religious home, Greg escaped into the arts...
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Griselda Gifford
Griselda Gifford has had over 20 books for children published and has also written short stories for adults. She has run writing workshops for children and adults and now teaches Creative Writing at an Adult Education Centre. She exhibits and sells her paintings locally and belongs to a photog...
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Gus Clark
Gus Clarke was born and brought up in Suffolk. He studied at Edinburgh and Kingston Schools of Art and he has been involved in design and illustrations for print and television. He has produced many successful books for Andersen Press. He has two sons.
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Guy Parker-Rees
Guy Parker-Rees, illustrator of the bestselling Giraffes Can't Dance, was born in Zimbabwe and moved to England with his sister and two brothers when he was three. He went on to do a degree in English and Philosophy at York University, where he also spent a lot of time painting and doodling. H...
