Authors Teenagers
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Liz Flanagan
Liz Flanagan, an award-winning author who writes about strange worlds and fantastical creatures, joins ReadingZone to introduce her new book, The Pirate's Dragon, the final book in the Legends of the Sky series. Liz also writes the Wildsmith series.. As well as being a writer, Liz tea...
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Sylvia Bishop
Sylvia Bishop's new book, On Silver Tides, is her first novel for teenagers. Sylvia spent an entire childhood reading fiction, dreaming up stories and pretending. She then tried very hard to get to grips with the real world by studying politics and going in to social science research. Thankful...
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Gabriel Dylan
For readers who like their adventures laced with a dash of horror.... Look out for Gabriel Dylan's Shiver Point series! Gabriel Dylan is a surfer, snowboarder, secondary-school teacher and children's author. He's a huge horror fan, having grown up on a diet of King, Herbert and L...
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Tim Hall
The inspiration to write about Robin Hood struck Tim Hall while trekking in the 'primal and dangerous landscape' of the Amazon Rainforest. Previously a news reporter for The Daily Telegraph, his journalism has appeared in a variety of magazines and national newspapers. he now lives in G...
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Benjamin Zephaniah
Benjamin Zephaniah (1958 - 2023): Poet, Musician, Campaigner Benjamin Zephaniah was a performer, musician, actor, and remains one of the UK's best-known poets. Born in Handsworth, Birmingham, Benjamin began writing and performing at the age of 11, and had his first col...
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Natasha Farrant
Natasha Farrant has worked in children's publishing for almost 20 years, running her own literary scouting agency for the past ten. She grew up in London where she still lives with her husband and their two daughters. She is the author of the Carnegie-longlisted and Branford Boase-shortlisted...
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Catherine Barter
Catherine Barter's We Played with Fire won the Young Quill's Award for historical fiction for her novel, We Played with Fire, which is based on a true story. Her first YA novel, Troublemakers (Andersen Press), was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and was l...
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David Almond
David Almond was born in Newcastle and spent his childhood playing football, camping with his friends and singing as an altar boy. He initially trained as a teacher before writing his award-winning novel Skellig. David's books sell all over the world, and in 2011 he was the re...
