Authors Schools & Libraries
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John Townsend
After life as a secondary school teacher, John became a full-time children's writer in 2003 and has now published about 300 titles; from little books for little people, quick reads for reading schemes to plays, information books, novels and comic verse. Many of John's books are designed...
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Johnny Ball
JOHNNY BALL has masterminded and presented more than 20 children's television series about maths and science. He is best known for the hit BBC series Think of a Number, in which his unique blend of zany humour, boundless enthusiasm, and expert knowledge turned maths and science into pure enter...
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Johnny O'Brien
Johnny O'Brien is the author of Day of the Assassins . This is his first published novel. Johnny was born in Edinburgh and grew up in Peebles in the Borders of Scotland. He studied History at Cambridge University. By day, Johnny is a Management Consultant and has worked with a range of...
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Jon Mayhew
Jon Mayhew's debut novel Mortlock was the most popular title in the 2011 Booked Up scheme. It was also shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize and has won several regional awards. His subsequent novels The Demon Collector and The Bonehill Curse have increased Jon's fanbase and m...
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Jonathan Emmett
Jonathan Emmett worked as an architect before beginning to write children's books ten years ago. He has since achieved international success as both a picture book author and a paper engineer.
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Jonathan Meres
Jonathan Meres was born in Nottingham, England in 1958. He left school aged 16 and joined the merchant navy as a navigating cadet, and left seven years later to become a rock star but became an ice cream van driver instead. After seeing an advertisement for actors in The Stage newspaper, he au...
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Jorge Martin
Jorge Martin drew compulsively on any surface available to him as a child. Originally from Spain, he has lived in San Francisco, Mexico City, Hamburg and London. Currently dedicated to doodling and storytelling, he writes and illustrates books, runs picture book courses, and draws live at even...
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Joseph Delaney
Joseph Delaney is a retired English teacher living in Lancashire near his three children and seven grandchildren. His home is in the middle of Boggart territory and his village has a boggart called the Hall Knocker, which was laid to rest under the step of a house near the church. Most...
