Child, Lauren
Lauren Child is an award-winning artist and writer. She is the creator of many much-loved characters, including Clarice Bean, Charlie and Lola and Ruby Redfort, along with several stand-alone picture books. She won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal in 2000 for I Will Not Ever Never Eat a Tomato. She was awarded a CBE for […]
Harrison, Melissa
Melissa Harrison is a novelist, nature writer and children’s author. Her third novel, All Among the Barley, was the UK winner of the EU Prize for Literature, while At Hawthorn Time was shortlisted for the Costa Novel of the Year award and longlisted for the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction. Her three non-fiction books about […]
Riddell, Chris
Chris Riddell was born in 1962 in Cape Town, South Africa, where his father was a “liberal Anglican vicar” and was opposed to the system of apartheid. The family returned to England when Chris was one year old, where he spent the rest of his childhood with his sister and three brothers, who now live […]
Brahmachari, Sita
Sita Brahmachari is an award-winning author celebrated for her rites of passage children’s and young adult novels and her work with diverse communities in theatre. Since her Waterstones Award Winning debut ‘Artichoke Hearts’ Sita’s novels, plays and short stories have received international critical acclaim. Her works include: ‘Kite Spirit,’ ‘Tender Earth’ ‘When Shadows Fall,’ ‘When Secrets […]
Abdulrazzak, Hassan
Hassan is an award-winning writer of Iraqi origin, born in Prague and living in London. His plays include The Special Relationship, And Here I Am, Love, Bombs and Apples, The Prophet and Baghdad Wedding (all published by Bloomsbury). Hassan has translated numerous Arabic plays and contributed to several anthologies including Iraq +100 (Comma Press). The […]
Bradman, Tony
Tony is an award-winning writer of children’s books. He has written poetry, picture books and stories for all ages, including historical fiction set in a wide range of periods – he was made a Fellow of the Historical Association in 2022. He has edited many anthologies, has been active in authors’ organisations – he was […]
Dickinson, Peter
Hoban, Russell
Pearce, Phillipa
Author of Tom’s Midnight Garden, Ann Philippa Pearce was a beloved writer of children’s fiction. She was also an editor, nurturing the careers of many other writers. Writing a great many children’s books following a career in the BBC writing scripts for broadcasting, she was awarded an OBE in 1997 for contribution to children’s literature.