Authors Young Adult

  • Geraldine McCaughrean

    Geraldine McCaughrean

    Geraldine McCaughrean was born and educated in Enfield, North London, the third and youngest child of a fireman and a teacher. She attended Christ Church College of Education but instead of teaching chose to work for a magazine publishing house. She became a full time writer in 1988.<br...

  • Anthea Simmons

    Anthea Simmons

    Anthea Simmons lives in Devon with her polydactyl cat, Caramac. After a  successful career in the City and a spell of teaching, she finally  knuckled down to write at the insistence of her son, Henry. She is the  author of Share, The Best Best Baby,<...

  • Holly Bourne

    Holly Bourne

    Holly Bourne is the bestselling author of books including The Manifesto On How To Be Interesting, Am I Normal Yet? and Are We All Lemmings and Snowflakes?  Before becoming a full-time author, Holly worked as a journalist and relationships expert for TheSite, an advice and information website f...

  • Bryony Pearce - Raising Hell

    Bryony Pearce - Raising Hell

    Bryony Pearce's new book Raising Hell (UcLan Publishing) is a darkly funny horror story about teenagers wh accidentally invite the 'dark side' into their lives.  Bryony always dreamed of being a writer. After leaving university, she temped while waiting for a job in publishing, but then found...

  • Jason Cockcroft

    Jason Cockcroft

    Jason Cockcroft was born in New Zealand and raised in Leeds, West  Yorkshire. He graduated from Falmouth School of Art and is the illustrator and author of over 40 books for children, including the illustrated covers for the last three books in the Harry Potter series. Jason won the inaugural...

  • KL Kettle

    KL Kettle

    KL Kettle is a global business person, girl boss and general nerd wrangler by day; by night she writes novels, short stories and flash fiction. She has been long-listed for the Bath Flash Fiction Award 2017 and shortlisted by SCBWI as a 2018 Undiscovered Voice for THE BOY I AM.Made...

  • Alex Wheatle

    Alex Wheatle

    Alex Wheatle is the author of several acclaimed novels, many of them inspired by experiences from his childhood. He was born in Brixton to Jamaican parents, and spent most of his childhood in a Surrey children's home. Following a short stint in prison following the Brixton uprising of 1...

  • AJ Hartley

    AJ Hartley

    Author AJ Hartley is the bestselling writer of mystery/thriller, fantasy, historical fiction, and young adult novels. He was born in northern England, but has lived in many places including Japan, and is currently the Robinson Professor of Shakespeare studies at the University of North...