Authors
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Theresa Lola: Happy Here
Theresa Lola, who has contributed to the Happy Here collection by Black writers and illustrators, is a British Nigerian poet. She won the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize. She was the 2019/2020 Young People's Laureate for London. Her 2019 debut poetry collection...
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Patrice Lawrence: Happy Here
Patrice Lawrence was brought up in a Trinidadian-Italian family in Sussex, so had no other choice than to be a writer. She writes for adults, children, young people and any passing balls of flame that may be looking for a good read.
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Jeff Norton
Jeff Norton is a writer and filmmaker, and his new series Dino Knights, published by Scallywag Press, is now available. Having been a reluctant reader as a boy, Jeff aims to create ground-breaking fiction that inspires children to become lifelong readers. He founded Awesome, a creative...
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Angela Woolfe and Duncan Beedie
Angela Woolfe's latest picture book Agent Llama brings us a super cool Bond-style spy. Angela decided to become an author aged 4 after writing a mind-blowing four-line poem called 'The Postman Is Very Good'. She also writes books for older children and has occ...
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Tom Percival
Tilda Tries Again is the latest picture book in Tom Percival's acclaimed Big Bright Feelings picture book series that helps children to acknowledge and understand their emotions. As well as picture books, Tom also writes older children's fiction, creates illus...
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Charlotte and Adam Guillain
Adam and Charlotte Guillain's new picture book, My Big Fantastic Family, explores some of the questions raised in blended families and is the latest in a range of picture books created by the duo. Charlotte and Adam met in Zanzibar working with Voluntary Services Overse...
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Karl Newson
Karl Newson creates picture books and his new book, How to Mend a Friend, describes all the different kinds of friends we might need at different times in our lives, and also explores the kind of friend we might be. Karl has been writing picture books since hi...
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Sean Taylor & Alex Morss
SEAN TAYLOR is a British children's author, storyteller and teacher. Sean has taught in three continents and draws from his experience in creative writing and poetry to enchant and educate young audiences. Sean grew up in Surrey and after finishing school he worked as a second...
