Authors
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Eve McDonnell
Eve is a children's author and artist who lives in the wilds of Co Wexford with her husband, twins, a dog and three cats. She studied at the NCAD in Dublin before embarking on a career in graphic design and brand development and then decided to write. Eve's debut novel for children, Elsetime,...
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Alastair Chisholm - Young Fiction
Alastair Chisholm's Dragon Storm (Nosy Crow Books) is an adventure-packed new series for younger readers. As well as writing books for children, Adam is a puzzle creator and has written quite a lot of books of Sudoku and other puzzles for kids and grown-ups. He lives...
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Lissa Evans
Lissa Evans's new book, Wished, is a magical story with some surprising adventures. Lissa still remembers writing her first joke, aged 7 (it involved a hippo). She never lost herinterest in funny lines, and, following a medical degree, she changed careers to become a comedy produc...
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Rico Hinson-King
Rico Hinson-King is just 11 years old. As a baby, he was taken into care and spent years in the care system before finding his 'forever family'. Rico now lives happily with his two dads, sisters and their dog in Cheshire. He's an avid footballer and h...
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Lucy Hope
Lucy Hope writes books about children having adventures in dark gothic settings, inspired by the house she grew up in North Wales, though now she lives in the Cotswolds. After jobs ranging from managing telecoms products to working in schools, she did a master's degree in Writ...
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Andy Seed
Andy Seed's new 'Interview With' series will look into the lives of historical figures, beginning with Cleopatra & Other Famous Rulers. Andy Seed is a Blue Peter Book Award-winning author. Formerly a primary school teacher, he has written over 30 books for chi...
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Marcus Sedgwick
Marcus Sedgwick was a full time author who died unexpectedly in November 2022. He was 54. He grew up in Kent and had been living in the south of France. Marcus's first novel, Floodland, won the Branford Boase Award for the Best Debut Children's Novel of 2000 and he went on to write mor...
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Namina Forna
Namina Forna was born in Sierra Leone but emigrated with her family to the US in the 1990s, and has been travelling back and forth ever since.Namina has a MFA in film and TV production from USC School of Cinematic Arts and a BA from Spelman...
