Authors
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Paul Coomey
Paul Coomey is an all-round talented writer and illustrator who spends his hours doodling and creating stories.Paul is from Cork, Ireland, and now lives in London. Stick Boy is his debut novel.
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Sally Gardner & Lydia Corry
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...
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Alex Wheatle
Alex Wheatle is the author of several acclaimed novels, many of them inspired by experiences from his childhood. He was born in Brixton to Jamaican parents, and spent most of his childhood in a Surrey children's home. Following a short stint in prison following the Brixton uprising of 1...
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Tom Nicoll
Tom Nicoll has been writing since he was at school, where he enjoyed trying to fit in as much silliness into his essays as he could possibly get away with. He is also a big comedy, TV and movie nerd. Tom lives just outside Edinburgh with his wife, daughter and a cat that thinks it's a d...
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AJ Grainger
Annalie Grainger studied English Literature at Exeter University and worked in PR and subediting before becoming fiction commissioning editor at Walker Books. She works on books for children of all ages but has a particular passion for YA novels - and has now written her own YA bookS, C...
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Alex English
Alex English is a picture book author, a graduate of the Bath Spa University MA Writing for Young People and a SCBWI volunteer. She currently lives with her family just outside Paris. Sky Pirates: Echo Quickthorn and the Great Beyond is her first middle-grade title and the start of a swashbuck...
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AJ Hartley
Author AJ Hartley is the bestselling writer of mystery/thriller, fantasy, historical fiction, and young adult novels. He was born in northern England, but has lived in many places including Japan, and is currently the Robinson Professor of Shakespeare studies at the University of North...
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Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith has always wanted to be a writer. After graduating college, he wrote for newspapers and radio stations, but found it wasn't the kind of writing he'd dreamed about doing. Born with an impulse to travel, Smith, the son of an immigrant, bounced around the world and from job to job, b...
