Authors Families
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Lindsay Galvin
Lindsay was lucky enough to be raised in a house of stories, music, and love of the sea. She left part of her heart underwater after living and working in Thailand where she spent hundreds of blissful hours scuba diving.Forced now to surface for breath, she lives in sight of the ch...
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Paul Coomey
Paul Coomey is an all-round talented writer and illustrator who spends his hours doodling and creating stories.Paul is from Cork, Ireland, and now lives in London. Stick Boy is his debut novel.
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Sally Gardner & Lydia Corry
Sally Gardner trained at art college and went on to work in the theatre, winning awards for her costume designs for some notable productions. After her twin daughters and her son were born, she started to illustrate children's books, and then turned to...
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Alex Wheatle
Alex Wheatle is the author of several acclaimed novels, many of them inspired by experiences from his childhood. He was born in Brixton to Jamaican parents, and spent most of his childhood in a Surrey children's home. Following a short stint in prison following the Brixton uprising of 1...
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Tom Nicoll
Tom Nicoll has been writing since he was at school, where he enjoyed trying to fit in as much silliness into his essays as he could possibly get away with. He is also a big comedy, TV and movie nerd. Tom lives just outside Edinburgh with his wife, daughter and a cat that thinks it's a d...
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Alex English
Alex English is a picture book author, a graduate of the Bath Spa University MA Writing for Young People and a SCBWI volunteer. She currently lives with her family just outside Paris. Sky Pirates: Echo Quickthorn and the Great Beyond is her first middle-grade title and the start of a swashbuck...
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Andrew Smith
Andrew Smith has always wanted to be a writer. After graduating college, he wrote for newspapers and radio stations, but found it wasn't the kind of writing he'd dreamed about doing. Born with an impulse to travel, Smith, the son of an immigrant, bounced around the world and from job to job, b...
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Beatrice Blue
Beatrice Blue is an author/illustrator and art director working in publishing and the animation industry. Her books have included Once Upon a Dragon's fire, Wonder, the art and practice of Beatrice Blue, and the critically acclaimed Once Upon a Unicorn Horn. She has worked with c...
