Authors

  • Kathryn James

    Kathryn James

    Kathryn James always wanted to be an author, but had plenty of jobs and raised a family before actually becoming one. Some wonderful jobs, like scuba-diving in Malta, and some not so wonderful, like buttering bread in a sandwich shop. Working with gypsy and traveller children and teenagers was...

  • Katy Cannon

    Katy Cannon

    Katy Cannon was born in the United Arab Emirates, grew up in North Wales, and now lives in Hertfordshire with her husband and daughter Holly. She did an English Literature degree at Lancaster University, but soon found out that writing her own stories was much more fun than analyzing ot...

  • Kaye Umansky

    Kaye Umansky

    Born an only child in Plymouth in 1946, Kaye Umansky grew up as the daughter of two teachers.Once Kaye left school, she became a teacher and taught in primary schools for a number of years. She enjoyed teaching the more creative subjects, like Drama and English, and reading to the...

  • Ken Brown

    Ken Brown

    Ken Brown is an award-winning author and illustrator, having created many picture books for Andersen Press. His books have been translated into many languages all over the world. He is married to fellow picture book illustrator Ruth Brown, and they have two sons.

  • Ken Wilson-Max

    Ken Wilson-Max

    Ken Wilson-Max was born in Zimbabwe in 1965. He studied art in Harare, Zimbabwe, before coming to England where he studied Design and Print Planning at the London College of Printing. He worked as a designer in both London and Zimbabwe. Ken has worked at Orchard Books and the BBC as a children...

  • Kenneth Oppel

    Kenneth Oppel

    Kenneth Oppel was born on Vancouver Island, Canada and brought up on both coasts of Canada, east and west. He decided he wanted to be a writer when he was 12 and started out writing sci-fi epics inspired by his love of Star Wars. At 14 he wrote a humorous story called Colins Fantastic Video Ad...

  • Keren David

    Keren David

    Keren David's contemporary teen fiction draws on her long career as a journalist working for national newspapers. She started out as a teenage messenger girl, gave up a place at university to be an apprentice reporter, and eventually became a news editor and then a commissioning editor for com...

  • Kes Gray

    Kes Gray

    Kes Gray was born on 8 September 1960 in Chelmsford. He attended Great Baddow Comprehensive, gaining 6 O Levels and 3 A Levels, before going on to study for a B.A. Hons in English and American Literature at Kent University in Canterbury. He graduated with a 2:1. Kes has also got a Grade A Dipl...