Authors Young Adult
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William Hussey
William Hussey's The Outrage, set in a future England that has become a fascist state, is published this month. As a gay man and a visiting author, Hussey has spoken to hundreds of LGBTQ+ students worldwide. Hearing their stories of modern intolerance, prejudice and the tragic...
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Elen Caldecott
Elen Caldecott graduated with an MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa University. At the end of the course she was highly commended in the PFD Prize for Most Promising Writer for Young People. Before becoming a writer, she was an archaeologist, a nurse, a theatre usher and a mus...
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Wibke Brueggemann
Wibke Brueggemann grew up in northern Germany and the United States, but London is now her home.She originally studied acting at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts, and then decided to become a writer.Wibke has a Master's in Writing for Young People...
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Angharad Walker
Angharad Walker's debut children's books, The Ash House, explores a house made of ash and smoke that has hidden secrets. She grew up on military bases in the UK, Germany and Cyprus, where stories were often being told about far-flung places, past conflicts, an...
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Susin Nielsen
Susin Nielsen's new book, Tremendous Things, explores the life of a teenaged boy who already feels as if he's a loser. Nielsen originally started in film, feeding cast and crew on the popular television series, Degrassi Junior High. They hated her food, but they saw her spark for writing. Sus...
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Hilary McKay
Hilary McKay is an award-winning author, having won the Guardian Fiction Prize for her first novel, The Exiles, and going on to win the Smarties and the Whitbread (now the Costa) Award for The Exiles in Love and Saffy's Angel. Hilary McKay's Fairy Tales was her first book with Macmillan...
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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...
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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,<...
