Authors

  • Laura Bates

    Laura Bates

    Laura Bates is the founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, an ever-increasing collection of over 100,000 testimonies of gender inequality, with branches in 25 countries worldwide. She is author of Everyday Sexism, Misogynation and the Sunday Times bestseller, Girl Up. Laura writes regul...

  • Laura Cowan

    Laura Cowan

    Laura studied literature at Cambridge and more literature at Trinity College Dublin. This means she's read a lot of books, which helps when writing them. Before joining Usborne, she taught English in Barcelona for four years, as well as in Dublin and Cambridge. She now lives in East London wit...

  • Laura Powell

    Laura Powell

    Laura Powell writes: 'I was born in London, but grew up in the Brecon Beacons. Our house looks across the valley to Carreg Cennen Castle, quite possibly the most romantic ruin in Wales. It was a very old-fashioned country childhood, and I spent most of it with my nose in a book. I also...

  • Laurel Remington

    Laurel Remington

    Laurel Remington is a writer of children's and teen fiction. Her popular books focus on fun, friendship, family, food, and fashion. Laurel's first novel, The Secret Cooking Club was inspired by her three daughters who love to cook (and eat!) anything sweet. The book was the winner of the Times...

  • Lauren Child

    Lauren Child

    Lauren Child grew up in Marlborough, Wiltshire. She is the middle of three sisters and both her parents are teachers. She went to Art School in Manchester and London and has had a variety of jobs from waitressing to designing exotic, elegant lampshades and working as an artist's assistant to D...

  • Lauren Kate

    Lauren Kate

    Lauren Kate is the author of the FALLEN novels: Fallen, Torment, Passion, Rapture, and Fallen in Love, as well as The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove. TORMENT and PASSION both reached #1 in the UK Bookscan charts in their first week on sale. Her books have been translated into more than thirty la...

  • Lauren St John

    Lauren St John

    Lauren St John was born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and lived on a private game reserve until she was 16. After moving to England as a young adult, she worked as a journalist for several years and spent ten years as a golf correspondent for The Sunday Times. St John has written biographi...

  • Laurence Anholt

    Laurence Anholt

    Laurence has been described as "one of the most versatile authors writing for children today " [William Watt]. He spent his early childhood in Holland, where he developed a lasting passion for art - especially the work of van Gogh. Laurence studied painting for eight years and took his Master'...