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  • Laura Mucha & Ed Smith

    Laura Mucha & Ed Smith

    Laura and Ed are fascinated by the things we humans grow, cook and eat. They also share and enjoy many meals around the same table (they're married), so decided to join forces to create this book. Laura Mucha has travelled to every continent of the world and w...

  • Andy Shepherd

    Andy Shepherd

    Andy Shepherd is a bestselling author of The Boy Who Grew Dragons series, and picture books. She lives near Cambridge with her husband and two sons. She spends her spare time trying to figure out how to move this beautiful city closer to the sea.    

  • Steven Lenton

    Steven Lenton

    Steven Lenton, creator of the Genie and Teeny series for young readers, works from his studio in Brighton, creating an array of charming characters for his books. He also illustrates fiction for David Baddiel, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, and is the Sainsbury's Prize-winning...

  • Nick Crumpton & Gavin Scott

    Nick Crumpton & Gavin Scott

    Dr Nick Crumpton's new book, Everything You Know About Sharks is Wrong gives us a close-up look at the world of sharks. Nick Crumpton grew up on a diet of David Attenborough documentaries, studied ecology at Leeds University, a...

  • Davina Tijani & Adam Douglas-Bagley

    Davina Tijani & Adam Douglas-Bagley

    Davina writes speculative and fantastical stories and her new series, Yomi and the Fury of Ninki Nanka, features Gambian mythology. Davina Tijani grew up in London and Surrey and went on to study at the University of East Anglia and University College London, before pursuing w...

  • James Burks

    James Burks

    Animator and graphic novel creator James Burks introduces his action-packed series, Agent 9. James is himself a master of disguise. He's spent over 20 years working undercover in the animation industry on movies and television shows including Bravest Warriors, Space Jam, Treasure Planet, The E...

  • Hayley Webster

    Hayley Webster

    Hayley Webster writes stories about how people try to make sense of the world around them, when it so often doesn't make sense. Her first ever job was in a fish and chip shop, and since then she's worked in magazines and as a teacher in secondary and primary schools, and now she writes and edi...

  • Paige Braddock

    Paige Braddock

    Comic creator Paige Braddock introduces her new children's graphic novel, Peanut, Butter and Crackers. Paige is the Chief Creative Officer at Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates. She has illustrated several Peanuts children's books. Her other graphic novels for children include the Stinky Ce...