Authors Teenagers

  • Brian Conaghan

    Brian Conaghan

    Brian Conaghan lives and works in the Scottish town of Coatbridge. He was a teacher for many years and taught in Scotland, Italy and Ireland, before studying creative writing at the University of Glasgow. His novel When Mr Dog Bites was shortlisted for the 2015 Carnegie Medal. The Bombs That B...

  • Sinéad O'Hart

    Sinéad O'Hart

    Sinéad O'Hart was raised in a small house full of books in the south-east of Ireland. She has a degree in Medieval English and has had many careers (including butcher, bookseller and university lecturer). She now lives in County Meath, near Dublin, with her husband, their daughter and an ever-...

  • Sarah Ann Juckes

    Sarah Ann Juckes

    Sarah Ann Juckes writes books for young people.  The Hunt for the Nightingale was her first novel for children, followed by The Night Animals.  Her YA debut Outside (Penguin) was nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2020, shortlisted for Mslexia's Children's Novel Award, and longlisted for the Bat...

  • Jason Rohan

    Jason Rohan

    Jason Rohan's new book S.T.E.A.L.T.H.: Access Denied (Nosy Crow Books) is the first in an action-packed, gadget-filled series. When he was 16, Jason Rohan talked his way into an internship at Marvel Comics in New York, where he sold his first story; later he taught Engl...

  • Jessica Scott-Whyte

    Jessica Scott-Whyte

    The Asparagus Bunch is  Jessica Scott-Whyte's debut novel. Jessica was born and raised in Dublin. She studied French and History at University College Dublin, then moved to London where she studied Fashion Journalism. She currently lives in Paris with her husband and two children in a neurodiv...

  • Nicola Morgan

    Nicola Morgan

    Nicola Morgan, aka The Teenage Brain Woman, is an award-winning author and speaker on many areas of well-being and learning. Her best-selling examination of the teenage brain, Blame My Brain, was shortlisted for the Aventis Prize; the prize-winning Teenage Guide to Stress, along with The Teena...

  • Christopher Edge

    Christopher Edge

    Black Hole Cinema Club, Christopher Edge's latest novel, is a love story to movies. Dive into an immersive blockbuster experience! Christopher grew up in Manchester where he spent most of his childhood in the local library dreaming up stories, but now lives in...

  • Piu DasGupta

    Piu DasGupta

    Our debut author of the month Piu DasGupta introduces her novel, Secrets of the Snakestone. Piu was born in Calcutta, India and grew up in India and the UK. She studied English at Oxford University and worked in several serious professions and places be...