Authors Families
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Leigh Hodgkinson
Leigh Hodgkinson joins ReadingZone to introduce her picture books, Martha Maps it Out and Martha Maps it Out in Time. As well as making picture books, Leigh has worked in animation, including as art director for TV show 'Charlie and Lola' and designer and co-creator of...
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Efua Traoré
Efua Traoré's latest novel Spirit Sister draws on her years growing up in Nigeria, as well as the mythology and supernatural beliefs of the region. Efua grew up in a small town in Nigeria and, for as long as she can remember, her head was filled with little stories but it was not until...
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Zohra Nabi
Zohra Nabi grew up inventing stories for her two younger sisters. She studied law at Cambridge and Oxford universities, but secretly dreamed of being an author. Now she lives in London, browsing bookshops and writing magical adventures.
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Nicola Penfold
In her books Where the World Turns Wild and its follow-up, When the Wild Calls, Nicola Penfold explores how climate change might affect our future world, and how societies can adapt to the challenges they face. Nicola was born in Merseyside and grew up in Doncaster, studied English at...
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Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl
Nansubuga Nagadya Isdahl is a writer and editor. Her recent books include Beyonce (Knowles-Carter) and Nelson (Mandela), which are part of David Fickling Books' 'First Names' series of illustrated biographies. Nansubuga has also worked on international development programmes, primarily...
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Carlie Sorosiak
Carlie Sorosiak writes books about magical summer camps, missing people, and the inner life of dogs. She grew up in North Carolina and has an American dingo (Google it!) who is her writing companion (but she doesn't let her type on the keyboard!). By day, she's a creative writing professor a...
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Anders Sparring & Per Gustavsson
Anders Sparring writes children’s books and is a screenwriter for many popular television shows. He is also a stand-up comedian. Per Gustavsson is an illustrator and author living in Stockholm, Sweden. His bestselling books are translated into several...
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Ash Bond
Ash Bond writes magical stories that have classical myth sprinkled through them like fairy dust. Look out for her debut, Peregrine Quinn and the Cosmic Realm. As soon as she picked up a book of Greek myths in her local library, Ash was hooked and she went on to study Cl...
