Authors

  • Neil Gaiman

    Neil Gaiman

    Neil Gaiman was born in Hampshire in the UK to Jewish parents of Polish descent. He now lives in the United States in Minneapolis. As a child he loved books, reading and stories, especially the Narnia books, Roger Lancelyn Green, Dracula, and GK Chesterton. His career began in journalis...

  • Nellie Shepherd

    Nellie Shepherd

    Nellie Shepherd is an actress and artist with a mission to inspire children and their carers to create art together. She has immense hands-on experience of making art with youngchildren. She started teaching one child in her own kitchen, and ten years later she has taught more than 10,00...

  • Nicholas Allan

    Nicholas Allan

    Nicholas Allan's wonderful illustrations and characteristically irreverent humour make him a great favourite with children. Some of Nicholas' most recognised picture book titles include: Jesus' Christmas Party, Heaven and The Queen's Knickers. Nicholas says 'People may think it's irreve...

  • Nicholas Bowling

    Nicholas Bowling

    Nicholas Bowling is in author, stand-up comic, musician and Latin teacher from London. He graduated from Oxford University in 2007 with a BA in Classics and English, and again in 2010 with a Masters in Greek and Latin Language and Literature. He has also performed a solo comedy show at...

  • Nick Arnold

    Nick Arnold

    Nick Arnold's first published books appeared seven years ago when he was working at the University of North London on a project teaching children about nature. From this, he started to write magazine articles. One day Nick had a brilliant idea - if he could write articles, then he could write...

  • Nick Butterworth

    Nick Butterworth

    NICK BUTTERWORTH was born in Kingsbury, North London in 1946, but moved to Romford in Essex with his parents at the age of three. They moved to run a sweet shop, so Nick found himself fulfilling every child's sugar-coated dream of growing up right inside the proverbial chocolate factory. <...

  • Nicky Singer

    Nicky Singer

    Nicky Singer has worked in publishing, the arts and television. She co-founded, and for ten years co-directed, Performing Arts Labs, a charity dedicated to training writers for stage, screen and opera. Her own writing career began when she was 15 years old with lyrics for a cantata, Jon...

  • Nicola Colton

    Nicola Colton

    Nicola Colton is an Irish illustrator living in Bristol and is the creator of the popular 'People of Bristol'. Her work has featured in editorials, print and web campaigns for clients such as Boots UK and Failte Ireland and in various exhibitions. Her debut picture book, A DUBLIN FAIRYT...