Authors Teenagers
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Matt Goodfellow
Matt Goodfellow is from Manchester. He spends his time writing and touring the UK and beyond - visiting schools, libraries and festivals to deliver high-energy, inspirational poetry performances and workshops. Before embarking on his poetry career, Matt spent over 10 years as a primary...
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Michelle Paver
Wolfbane, the ninth book in the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness series, brings to a close the internationally bestselling series that began with Wolf Brother. Michelle Paver was born in Malawi and came to England as a child before studying Biochemistry at Oxford University. She went on t...
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Malcolm Duffy
Malcolm Duffy, Geordie born and bred, is a former creative director of Comic Relief who now writes contemporary novels for 12+ readers, finding humour and heart even in dire situations. His prize-winning debut novel, Me Mam. Me Dad. Me., inspired by his time at Comic Relief visiting projects t...
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Jeremy Dronfield
Jeremy Dronfield has written many books about the lives and adventures of amazing people from history. Most are true stories and a few are fictional. Fritz and Kurt is one of the true ones, and by far the most important. It’s also the first one written specially for young read...
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Sarah Hagger-Holt
Sarah Hagger-Holt is an award-winning and critically acclaimed author. Her debut novel for children, Nothing Ever Happens Here, was nominated for the Carnegie Medal, and her second, Proud of Me, was the winner of the Little Rebels Award for Radical C...
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Freja Nicole Woolf
Freja Nicole Woolf wrote her debut Never Trust a Gemini at just 24 years - a joyful, romantic alternative to the issue-led LGBTQ+ stories she grew up with. Her writing is absolutely not autobiographical. (Except for the bits that are.) She lives in London and aspires to be a Capricorn. Unfortu...
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Lisa Williamson
Lisa Williamson grew up in Nottingham, studied drama and worked as an actor on stage and TV. Her first novel, The Art of Being Normal, won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for older fiction and she continues to write YA novels and non-fiction for younger children. She liv...
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Rhianna Pratchett & Gabrielle Kent
Rhianna Pratchett was a journalist before moving into the video games industry, writing on titles including Heavenly Sword, Mirror's Edge, and the Tomb Raider reboot and sequel. She has written for DC, Dark Horse and Marvel. She also works as a screenwriter and producer for TV...
