Authors
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Hannah Peck
Author and illustrator Hannah Peck's new series, Kate on the Case, is a hugely entertaining detective story for developing readers, supported with her trademark ink and pencil drawings. Hannah studied English at university before swapping the pen for a pencil. Now she uses both to writ...
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Bryony Pearce - Raising Hell
Bryony Pearce's new book Raising Hell (UcLan Publishing) is a darkly funny horror story about teenagers wh accidentally invite the 'dark side' into their lives. Bryony always dreamed of being a writer. After leaving university, she temped while waiting for a job in publishing, but then found...
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Ben Bailey Smith
Ben Bailey Smith - who has written his first novel for children, Something I Said - began his career as a rapper known as Doc Brown before diversifying and moving into mainstream TV and film acting, stand-up comedy, screenwriting and children's books (I Am Bear...
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Jenni Spangler
Jenni Spangler writes children's books with a magical twist and her new book, The Incredible Talking Machine, has plenty of mystery and unexpected twists. Jenni was elected for the first year of the 'Write Mentor' scheme and lives in Staffordshire with her husband and two children. She...
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Pippa Curnick
Pippa Curnick has always written her own stories and loves illustrating, so it's no surprise that she has now written and illustrated her first book, Indigo Wilde and the Creatures at Jellybean Crescent (Hodder Children's Books). Pippa grew up in rural Essex and studied...
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Jason Cockcroft
Jason Cockcroft was born in New Zealand and raised in Leeds, West Yorkshire. He graduated from Falmouth School of Art and is the illustrator and author of over 40 books for children, including the illustrated covers for the last three books in the Harry Potter series. Jason won the inaugural...
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Nicola Skinner
Nicola Skinner worked as a copywriter and journalist for the likes of the Guardian and the Pool before being inspired to write Bloom, her first book for children, followed by Storm and Starboard (HarperCollins Children's Books). She lives in Bristol with her family.
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Jess Kidd
Jess Kidd wanted to be a writer before she could even write. She comes from a big, noisy (and nosy) family where storytelling was a favourite pastime. Jess was quite shy when she was little so she learnt to write down the stories she imagined. Then sh...
