Authors

  • Rachel Bright

    Rachel Bright

    Rachel Bright is a writer, illustrator, printmaker and eternal optimist. She is the creator of the award-winning stationery and homewares range, The Bright Side, which has sold over 2 million cards worldwide. Rachel has written and illustrated several books for children, including Love...

  • Alex T Smith

    Alex T Smith

    Alex was born in 1985 and has drawn and written stories since he could hold a pencil. After considering several career options (space traveler, cake maker, professional rabbit) and working as a production assistant for an outdoor theatre events company, Alex decided to train to do the j...

  • Ben Blathwayt

    Ben Blathwayt

    Benedict Blathwayt is best known for his hugely successful Little Red Train series, which are irresistible to parents with children who love machines. Ben was born on August 15th 1951 and worked as an office boy with a firm of architects when he left school, drawing maps and dealing wit...

  • William Goldsmith

    William Goldsmith

    William Goldsmith is a British writer and illustrator. Published by Jonathan Cape, his graphic novels 'Vignettes of Ystov' and 'The Bind' were nominated for a Newton First Book Award and British Book Design Award respectively....

  • Sophie Cleverly

    Sophie Cleverly

    Sophie Cleverly was born in Bath in 1989. She wrote her first story at the age of four, though it used no punctuation and was essentially one long sentence. Thankfully, things have improved since then and she has earned a BA in Creative Writing and MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa...

  • Sally Gardner

    Sally Gardner

    Sally Gardner trained at art college and went on to work in the theatre, winning awards for her costume designs for some notable productions. After her twin daughters and her son were born she started to illustrate children's books, and then turned to writing. She lives in Nor...

  • Levi Pinfold

    Levi Pinfold

    Levi Pinfold is the author and illustrator of a number of books for children. The Django (2010) won the Booktrust Best Emerging Illustrator Award and was longlisted for the Kate Greenaway medal. His second book, Black Dog, was also shortlisted...

  • David Litchfield

    David Litchfield

    DAVID LITCHFIELD first started to draw when he was very young, creating Star Wars and Indiana Jones 'mash up' comics for his older brother and sister. His first picture book, The Bear and the Piano, won the Waterstones...