Authors
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Geraldine McCaughrean
Geraldine McCaughrean was born and educated in Enfield, North London, the third and youngest child of a fireman and a teacher. She attended Christ Church College of Education but instead of teaching chose to work for a magazine publishing house. She became a full time writer in 1988.<br...
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Anthea Simmons
Anthea Simmons lives in Devon with her polydactyl cat, Caramac. After a successful career in the City and a spell of teaching, she finally knuckled down to write at the insistence of her son, Henry. She is the author of Share, The Best Best Baby,<...
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Michelle Robinson & Sharon Davey
Michelle Robinson is the bestselling, award-winning author of picture books including The World Made a Rainbow, She Rex, There's a Lion in my Cornflakes, A Beginner's Guide to Bearspotting and many, many more. She has won awards, including the Lollies Laugh Out Loud Book Award...
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Anthony Kessel
Professor Anthony Kessel is a public health physician, academic and author. Since 2019 Anthony has been working in a national role as Clinical Director (National Clinical Policy) at NHS England and NHS Improvement. Anthony is an international authority on public health, a Trustee...
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Laura Dockrill
Laura Dockrill, a performance poet and novelist, has written her second book focusing on children's mental health. The Dream House, a story about bereavement, follows Butterfly Brain (both published by Piccadilly Press) about memories and grief. Laura...
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Laura Gladwin
Laura Gladwin trained at Leith's School of Food and Wine before working as a freelance chef. She then spent five years at one of London's biggest party design companies, where she devised spectacular cocktail lists for more than 500 events. She now works as a writer and editor...
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Konnie Huq
Former Blue Peter presenter Konnie Huq published her first children's book, Cookie and the Most Annoying Boy in the World, in 2019 and she has now published a third adventure, Cookie and the Most Mysterious Mystery in the World. A live action Cookie TV series based on the awar...
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Karen McCombie
Best-selling author Karen McCombie explores unexpected friendships in her latest novel, How to be a Human. Karen is a full-time writer but before that she worked for several teen magazines such as Just Seventeen, Bliss and Sugar in a variety roles - eve...
