Authors

  • Charlotte and Adam Guillain

    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...

  • Karl Newson

    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...

  • Sean Taylor & Alex Morss

    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...

  • Naomi and James Jones

    Naomi and James Jones

    Naomi has loved stories for as long as she can remember and has always wanted to write books. She worked in Rights in Children's Publishing for over eight years and is now a freelance editor, and is also the children's books reviewer for the popular blog Mini...

  • Anne Booth, David Litchfield

    Anne Booth, David Litchfield

    ANNE BOOTH had always wanted to be a children's writer, but on the way to becoming one has worked in many jobs. Anne lives in a village in Kent with her husband and four children. Anne loves tea and once won a Blue Peter badge for writing a poem.DAVID LITCH...

  •  Sheryl Webster and Helen Shoesmith

    Sheryl Webster and Helen Shoesmith

    Sheryl Webster was born in Liverpool, and studied at Liverpool Hope University. With a degree in English and Psychology, Sheryl worked as a primary school teacher before going on a career break to bring up four children. Somehow she also found time to nurture...

  • Catherine Barr; Steve Williams

    Catherine Barr; Steve Williams

    Catherine Barr worked at Greenpeace International for seven years as a wildlife and forestry campaigner and has a long-running interest in environmental issues. While working as an editor at the Natural History Museum, she researched and wrote...

  • Rebecca Colby

    Rebecca Colby

    REBECCA COLBY started 'writing' before she learned the alphabet, creating songs from her imagination and memorising the lyrics. Then at age 12, she won an essay contest and received a plane trip as her prize. This fuelled her dreams of becoming an author.  When not writing, Rebecca loves to da...