Authors Children
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Alex T Smith
Alex was born in 1985 and has drawn and written stories since he could hold a pencil. After considering several career options (space traveler, cake maker, professional rabbit) and working as a production assistant for an outdoor theatre events company, Alex decided to train to do the j...
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Ben Blathwayt
Benedict Blathwayt is best known for his hugely successful Little Red Train series, which are irresistible to parents with children who love machines. Ben was born on August 15th 1951 and worked as an office boy with a firm of architects when he left school, drawing maps and dealing wit...
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William Goldsmith
William Goldsmith is a British writer and illustrator. Published by Jonathan Cape, his graphic novels 'Vignettes of Ystov' and 'The Bind' were nominated for a Newton First Book Award and British Book Design Award respectively....
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Sophie Cleverly
Sophie Cleverly was born in Bath in 1989. She wrote her first story at the age of four, though it used no punctuation and was essentially one long sentence. Thankfully, things have improved since then and she has earned a BA in Creative Writing and MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa...
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Ally Sherrick
Ally Sherrick was a slow starter when it came to reading, but once words began to 'click', she was a confirmed bookworm. After a degree in Medieval History from Newcastle University, she went on to study an MA in Writing for Children at the University of Winchester. Ally is a staunch su...
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Alex Milway
Alex Milway was born in Hereford in 1978. After leaving school at 16, he studied art in Shrewsbury and then at Cheltenham art college, where he won a David Murray Landscape Award from the Royal Academy.These days he lives in London with his girlfriend and a curly-haired cat called Milo....
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Alan Snow
Alan Snow is an English artist, working with books, animation, film and computers. He has written and illustrated over 160 books for children, including How Dogs Really Work, The Truth About Cats, and How Santa Really Works. He has also worked on a very diverse range of other projects, includi...
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Chris MacGregor
"I am currently the Commanding Officer of The Royal Wessex Yeomanry, the UK's Armoured Reserve. I have two children, Ellie and Ben. Before I departed for a tour of Iraq, I recorded a story for them so that they could hear my voice whenever they wished. They missed me very much. Fortunately, th...
