Authors
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Roger McGough
Roger McGough was born in Liverpool on November 9th 1937. As well as a writing and performing, Roger's previous jobs include techer, lecturer and pop star! He lives in London and his first book for children 'Mr Noselighter' was published in 1976. Roger was born into a 'very volatile, ve...
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Rohan Gavin
Rohan Gavin attended Exeter College, Oxford and the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, where he worked as a screenwriter. After developing a passion for hard-boiled detective fiction and outlandish conspiracy theories, he returned to London to write the Knightley & Son series....
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Rose Wilkins
Rose Wilkins had an idyllic childhood in Wales in a beautiful country house,complete with rising damp and cows in the orchard. Not only is Rose descended from the Lady of the Lake (it's a long story), she also shares her family tree with Charles Kingsley, author of the children's classic...
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Rosemary Sutcliff
Rosemary Sutcliff was born in Surrey, the daughter of a naval officer. At the age of two she contracted the progressively wasting Still's disease and hence spent most of her life in a wheelchair. During the early years of her illness she had to lie on her back and was read to a great deal by h...
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Rosie Rowell
Rosie Rowell was born and grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. After completing a BA degree in English and Economics at the University of Cape Town, Rosie arrived in the UK on a short working holiday and never quite managed to leave. She now lives in in the wilds of West Sussex with her husband...
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Christian O'Connell
Christian O'Connell is a British radio DJ and stand-up comic, who presents the The Christian O'Connell Breakfast Show on Absolute Radio weekday mornings. He has also written his first children's book called Radio Boy, about a boy who is desperate to become a DJ and starts his own radio show, i...
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Russell Ayto
Russell Ayto is best known for his anarchic and stylish artwork. He graduated from Exeter College of Art with a degree in Graphic Design and has since been delighting children all over the world. He won the Gold Smarties Award in 2003 for The Witch's Children, and the Roald Dahl Funny P...
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Ruth Brown
Ruth Brown has created a great many picture books for Andersen Press and is highly respected as an author and illustrator. She is married to artist Ken Brown and they have two grown-up sons and 1 grandson.
