Authors Schools & Libraries
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Lauren Kate
Lauren Kate is the author of the FALLEN novels: Fallen, Torment, Passion, Rapture, and Fallen in Love, as well as The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove. TORMENT and PASSION both reached #1 in the UK Bookscan charts in their first week on sale. Her books have been translated into more than thirty la...
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Lauren St John
Lauren St John was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and lived on a private game reserve until she was 16. After moving to England as a young adult, she worked as a journalist for several years and spent ten years as a golf correspondent for The Sunday Times. St John has written biographi...
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Laurence Anholt
Laurence has been described as "one of the most versatile authors writing for children today " [William Watt]. He spent his early childhood in Holland, where he developed a lasting passion for art - especially the work of van Gogh. Laurence studied painting for eight years and took his Master'...
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Lesley Howarth
L.P.(Lesley) Howarth is a highly distinguished writer for young people. She won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award for Maphead, which was also Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal. The Flower King was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award (then the Whitbread Children's Book Awa...
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Lev Grossman
Lev Grossman is the author of five novels for adults, including the No.1 New York Times bestselling Magicians trilogy, which has been published in 30 countries. A TV adaptation of the trilogy is now in its fourth season as the top-rated show on Syfy. Grossman is also an award-winning jo...
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Leyland Perree
I'm Leyland Perree, author of a number of humourous rhyming picture books suitable for children from Foundation Stage up to KS2. I live in Devon, England, and have been writing for children since 2009. My books have been distributed across the globe from Australia to Singapore, and publ...
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Lily Dyu
Lily Dyu lives in a Welsh valley. Growing up, she wanted to be a writer then an astronaut. Her favourite things are running in the mountains, camping wild and watching the night sky. Through her writing, she loves to tell true stories about people from all over the world. Maybe one day...
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Linda Buckley-Archer
Linda Buckley-Archer was born in Sussex but spent most of her childhood in rural Staffordshire, in a small village close to Litchfield which features in the novel. Linda was an avid reader and adored C. S. Lewis, Rosemary Sutcliffe and Usual Le Guin. She is a confirmed Francophile, having live...
