Authors
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Philip Reeve has been writing stories since he was five years old but Mortal Engines was the first to be published and went on to win the Blue Peter Book of the Year. He has also written Here Lies Arthur, the Larklight trilogy and his Fever Crumb series. Philip lives on Dartm...
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Charles Dowding
Charles Dowding is an innovator of no dig, organic growing since 1983, who has built up a large and dedicated following on YouTube, where he presents videos teaching practical skills. His weed-free methods are about growing more easily, in less time, by understanding and worki...
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Alice M Ross
Alice M Ross has spent most of her career as a journalist at the Financial Times, where she was most recently Deputy News Editor. She is now writing fantasy, which involves a lot more magic! When she's not writing she can be found herding cats and small people at her home in London. Th...
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Ruth Millington
Ruth Millington is a Birmingham-based art critic and writer whose has now written a book to inspire children as artists; This Book Will Make You an Artist. After studying art history at Oxford University, Ruth worked in galleries for five years. Today, she writes about art for national ne...
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Ruth Lauren
Ruth Lauren has been a teacher and worked in lots of different offices, but she likes writing best, as well as walking in the woods, cheese, orchids, going to the movies, and reading as many books as she can. She is the author of Prisoner of Ice and Snow and its sequel Seeker of the Crown. She...
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Iszi Lawrence
Iszi Lawrence is a comedian, podcaster and history presenter and she also writes children's books, including Blackbeard's Treasure. Billie Swift Takes Flight and The Unstoppable Lettie Pegg. She is the co-host of BBC Radio 4's Making History a...
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Gill Lewis
After realising her childhood dream of becoming a vet, Gill worked in the UK and overseas, everywhere from Africa to the Arctic. Lewis's previous books for children - Sky Hawk, White Dolphin, Moon Bear and Scarlet Ibis - all published to critical acclaim and have been translated into ma...
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Alasdair Beckett-King
Comedian and writer Alasdair Beckett-King's first book for children is the hilarious murder-mystery Montgomery Bonbon: Murder at the Museum. Alasdair is a multi-award-winning comedian and writer. He studied at the London Film School and was nominated for a Student Oscar in 201...
