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Chibundu Onuzo
Chibundu Onuzo, author of Welcome to Lagos, introduces her first children's book, Mayowa and the Sea of Words. Chibundu was born in Lagos, Nigeria but moved to England as a teenager and now lives in London. She signed the deal for her first book, The Spider King's Daugh...
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Fiona Longmuir
Freya's Gold by Fiona Longmuir is a mystery story about a secret tunnel, hidden treasure and a community fighting to save its town. Fiona was born in Paisley, Scotland. Shortly after, she picked up a pencil and never really put it back down. She writes stories about s...
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Ross Montgomery
Author Ross Montgomery tells ReadingZone about his new book, I Am Rebel, about a dog's quest to save the boy who rescued him. Ross started writing stories as a teenager, when he should have been doing homework... His debut novel, Alex, the Dog and the Unopenable Door, w...
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Marcela Ferreira & Mark Chambers: Bear Vs Dragon
Marcela Ferreira was born in Rio de Janeiro, and moved to London as a teenager. She started reading picture books (in English) after her children were born and hasn't been able to stop since! Her first two picture books The Treasure (Magic Cat) and Th...
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Alex Falase-Koya
Author of the Marv superhero books, Alex Falase-Koya has been writing since he was a teenager and in 2019 won the Spread the Word's London's Writers Awards for YA and Children's. He published his debut novels, Marv and the Mega Robot and Marv and the Dino Attack, with OUP and...
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Manon Steffan Ros
Carnegie-winning author Manon Steffan Ros tells ReadingZone about her new novel, Me and Aaron Ramsey. Manon was born in Snowdonia and worked as an actress before becoming a writer. She writes for adults and children and has won the Wales Book of the Year for her adult fiction as well as...
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Greg Jenner
Greg Jenner, historian, author and podcast host, tells ReadingZone about his new Totally Chaotic History series, starting with Ancient Egypt Gets Unruly! Greg is best-known for his educational comedy podcast for the BBC, You're Dead to Me, which has had over 70 million...
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Alastair Chisholm
Alastair Chisholm's new science fiction novel I Am Wolf (Nosy Crow) is the first in an exciting new trilogy! When Alastair Chisholm was a kid, he wanted to be a computer programmer, an author, and an astronaut. So far he's achi...
