Authors
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Jenny Smith
Jenny Smith currently lives in South Oxfordshire with her husband and two young sons, and a small and aggressive West Highland terrier called Angus. She was born and brought up in Glasgow where she went on to study English Literature and Psychology at University. In her early twenties,...
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Jeremy Strong
Jeremy Strong was born in Eltham, South East London, on November 18th 1949. He lives in Somerset and is a full-time writer, however previous jobs include: Head Teacher, Teacher, Caretaker, Strawberry Picker and Jam Doughnut Stuffer (yes, really!) His first book, 'Smith's Tail', was published i...
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Jess Butterworth
Jess spent her childhood between the UK and India, and grew up hearing stories about the Himalayas from her grandmother. She's lived in India and even met with the Dalai Lama. She studied creative writing at Bath Spa and now lives between Louisiana and the UK.
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Jez Alborough
Jez Alborough has written and illustrated over thirty picture books, including the hugely popular stories about Eddy and the Bear, which were turned into a Baft Award winning animated TV series, and Duck in the Truck - the second of which, Fix-it Duck was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Med...
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Jill Lewis
Jill Lewis is actually two people! Jill Walkinton and Alison Lewis met whilst training to be nurses in the early 1990s. They both realised nursing wasn't for them and retrained as teachers. After losing touch for a few years, they met each other again and started writing together. Jill and Ali...
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Jim Kay
Jim Kay won the Kate Greenaway Medal in 2012 for his illustrations in A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness and is now illustrating the seven Harry Potter books by JK Rowling. Jim studied illustration at the University of Westminster and since graduating has worked in the Archives of Tate Bri...
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Jim Smith
After graduating with a first class degree in advertising, graphic design and illustration in 1997, Jim Smith was spotted by the owner of a small coffee shop chain and brought in to fill the walls of their flagship store with his paintings. It was a three month contract; fourteen years...
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Jim Stoten
Jim Stoten spent his childhood in Hemel Hempstead drawing, before eventually doing a course in illustration at Brighton University, where he is now a second year tutor on the Illustration course. He has illustrated for a variety of organisations, including a mural for Eurostar, inspired...
