Authors

  • Trang Thanh Tran explores identity and transformation in They Bloom at Night

    Trang Thanh Tran explores identity and transformation in They Bloom at Night

    Trang Thanh Tran is the author of She Is a Haunting, a William C. Morris Debut Award finalist and an instant New York Times bestseller. They write speculative stories with big emotions about food, belonging and the Vietnamese diaspora.</...

  • Channelle Desamours introduces her new YA mystery, Needy Little Things

    Channelle Desamours introduces her new YA mystery, Needy Little Things

    Needy Little Things is Channelle Desamours' debut YA novel. When she's not writing, Channelle is a high-school science teacher based in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.  Twitter &amp; Instagram: @ElleDesamours  <...

  • Ravena Guron introduces her new YA thriller, Mondays Are Murder

    Ravena Guron introduces her new YA thriller, Mondays Are Murder

    Ravena Guron is the bestselling author of YA thrillers This Book Kills, Catch Your Death and her latest novel, Mondays Are Murder. Growing up, Ravena al...

  • Nicola O'Byrne explores big emotions in The Rabbit, the Cloud and the Rainy Day

    Nicola O'Byrne explores big emotions in The Rabbit, the Cloud and the Rainy Day

    Nicola O'Byrne's new picture book, The Rabbit, the Cloud and the Rainy Day, explores how children learn to manage big emotions and helps them to grow in empathy. Nicola was born in Swaziland, grew up in Singapore, and has lived in Papua New Guinea, Kenya, Edinburgh, Lon...

  • Padraig Kenny

    Padraig Kenny

    Padraig Kenny, our Author of the Month, tells ReadingZone what inspired his new dystopian adventure, After. Padraig is an Irish writer from County Kildare, now living in Limerick. Previously an arts journalist, a teacher and a librarian's assistant, he now writes full-t...

  • Catherine Wilkins

    Catherine Wilkins

    Meet Catherine Wilkins and find out about her series Café Chaos, a hilarious behind-the-scenes look at running a cafe, chaotic families, and bullying. Catherine is a writer and comedian. She has always wanted to write funny stories for...

  • AF Harrold's Pocket Book of Pocket Poems

    AF Harrold's Pocket Book of Pocket Poems

    AF Harrold is an English poet and children's author. He spends his time showing off on stage, writing poems and books, and stroking his beard (it helps churn the ideas). He often visits schools, reading poems and running workshops and juggling ideas. He is the author of Carnegie Medal s...

  • A.F. Harrold

    A.F. Harrold

    A.F. Harrold is an English poet and children's author, whose books include The Worlds We Leave Behind, The Song from Somewhere Else and The Imaginary.  He has had his work broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and Radio 3 and is active in schools, running workshops and slams and doing performances , and ha...