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  • Faye Bird

    Faye Bird

    Faye Bird lives in London with her family. She studied Philosophy and Literature at Warwick University and always wanted to be a writer, but wasn't brave enough initially to try. In 2012, she decided to be brave and commit seriously to her writing. My secret Lies With You is Faye's thir...

  • Fabi Santiago

    Fabi Santiago

    Fabi Santiago was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and has been making pictures ever since she could hold her first crayon. After studying art and design, Fabi went travelling and came across the MA in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art, from where she graduated in 2014...

  • Eric Maddern

    Eric Maddern

    Australian-born Eric's youthful world travels culminated in a period spent working in Aboriginal communities. Now he lives in North Wales, where he has created an idyllic retreat centre in the wild. Eric loves telling traditional tales; especially what he calls 'the old chestnuts'...

  • Eric Lindstrom

    Eric Lindstrom

    Eric Lindstrom enjoys writing Young Adult novels, including his debut novel, Not If I See You First, released December 2015, and A Tragic Kind of Wonderful. He has also worked in the interactive entertainment industry for years as a creative director, game designer, writer, and combinat...

  • Emma Young

    Emma Young

    Emma Young is an award-winning science and health journalist and author. She has a degree in psychology from the University of Durham and 20 years' experience working on titles including the Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald and New Scientist, for which she worked as a senior online reporter...

  • Emma Shevah

    Emma Shevah

    Emma Shevah's debut novel, Dream on, Amber was published by Chicken House in March 2014 and Dara Palmer's Major Drama was published in 2015. Her father was from Thailand and her mother is from Ireland and although she lives in London, she has travelled far and wide and has friends all o...

  • Emma Fischel

    Emma Fischel

    Emma Fischel writes fiction and non-fiction for children of all ages. She grew up in the country, the middle of five siblings, and had a happy, muddy childhood. Emma now has three grown-up children, and divides her time between Kent and London. If she is ever offered a superpower, she w...

  • Emma Donoghue

    Emma Donoghue

    Best known as an author of fiction for adults, Emma also writes for the stage and radio. The Lotterys Plus One is her first book for children. Born in Dublin, Ireland, in October 1969, she's the youngest of eight children. She went to school in Ireland, apart from one eye-opening year i...