Authors
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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...
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Joanna Nadin
Joanna Nadin A former broadcast journalist and special adviser to the Prime Minister, since leaving politics Joanna Nadin has written more than 70 books for children, teenagers and adults, including the award-winning Penny Dreadful series, the Flying Fergus series with Sir Chris Hoy, and the C...
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Joanne Harris
Joanne Harris was born in Barnsley in 1964 to a French mother and an English father. She studied Modern and Mediaeval Languages at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, and was a teacher for 15 years, during which time she published three novels; The Evil Seed (1989), Sleep, Pale Sister (1993) an...
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Joe Berger
Joe Berger is a children's author, illustrator, and cartoonist. In 2011 he was a winner of Booktrust's Best New Illustrators Award. He also makes prize-winning animated short films and title sequences and is co-creator of the Berger and Wyse food cartoon.
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Joe Craig
Joe studied Philosophy at Cambridge University (Emmanuel College), graduating in 2002. While there he wrote and performed with the Cambridge Footlights and co-hosted a radio show. He first considered writing as a career in 2003, when he developed the idea for the 'Jimmy Coates' series. ...
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Joe Donnelly
Joe Donnelly is a former journalist who lives in the west of Scotland. As a journalist, he won many awards including, Reporter Of The Year, Consumer Journalist Of The Year, and Campaigning Journalist Of The Year. He investigated fraud, criminals, bent coppers, crooked lawyers and shady politic...