Authors

  • Anna Wilson & Harry Woodgate

    Anna Wilson & Harry Woodgate

    Anna Wilson lives in Cornwall in the UK with her husband and dog, cat, ducks and a tortoise called Hercules. A keen wild swimmer and advocate for protecting animals and nature, Anna's passion for the natural world shines through in all her work. Twitter <a href="https://twitte...

  • Anna Wilson: Grandpa and the Kingfisher

    Anna Wilson: Grandpa and the Kingfisher

    Anna Wilson lives in Cornwall in the UK with her husband and dog, cat, ducks and a tortoise called Hercules. A keen wild swimmer and advocate for protecting animals and nature, Anna's passion for the natural world shines through in all her work. Twitter <a href="https://twitte...

  • Philip Pullman

    Philip Pullman

    Philip Pullman is one of the best-known children's authors living today. He spent much of his childhood on board ships as both his father and stepfather were in the Royal Air Force. He learnt to read whilst at sea, and considers his greatest influence to have been his grandfather. A clergyman...

  • Ruth Doyle & Alexandra Finkeldey

    Ruth Doyle & Alexandra Finkeldey

    Ruth Doyle's new picture book, A Horse Called Now, explores children's worries with the help of a horse, Now. Ruth lives on Mini Motley Sanctuary with a flock of sheep, eight chickens, three dogs, two rescued miniature horses, six guinea pigs, two rabbits and two grown-up chil...

  • Benjamin Zephaniah

    Benjamin Zephaniah

    Benjamin Zephaniah (1958 - 2023):  Poet, Musician, Campaigner Benjamin Zephaniah was a performer, musician, actor, and remains one of the UK's best-known poets. Born in Handsworth, Birmingham, Benjamin began writing and performing at the age of 11, and had his first col...

  • Catherine Barter

    Catherine Barter

    Catherine Barter's We Played with Fire won the Young Quill's Award for historical fiction for her novel, We Played with Fire, which is based on a true story. Her first YA novel, Troublemakers (Andersen Press), was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize and was l...

  • David Almond

    David Almond

    David Almond was born in Newcastle and spent his childhood playing football, camping with his friends and singing as an altar boy. He initially trained as a teacher before writing his award-winning novel Skellig. David's books sell all over the world, and in 2011 he was the re...

  • EL Norry

    EL Norry

    Emma Norry has a BA (Hons) in Film and an MA in Screenwriting. She grew up in the care system in Cardiff, but now lives and works in Bournemouth with her husband and family. Emma's previous books include Son of the Circus, which was sho...