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  • Steve Antony

    Steve Antony

    Steve Antony was born in England, although he grew up mostly in a city in New Mexico called Alamogordo: he was the kid with the British accent who liked to draw. He went on to study art, and graduated with an HND in Illustration from Swindon College. He also has an MA Children's Book Illustrat...

  • Steve Augarde

    Steve Augarde

    Steve Augarde has been illustrating childrens books for 30 years and has provided the chapter head illustrations for his first novel, The Various. Steve has created these original and ornate illustrations using a scraperboard. Celandine, his second novel has been longlisted for The Carnegie Me...

  • Steve Cole

    Steve Cole

    Born in 1971, Steve Cole spent a happy childhood in rural Bedfordshire being loud and aspiring to amuse. He liked books, and so went to the University of East Anglia to read more of them. Later on he started writing them too, with titles ranging from pre-school poetry to Young Adult thrillers...

  • Steve Smallman

    Steve Smallman

    Steve has been illustrating children's books for over 30 years and writing his own stories for slightly less. He also teaches illustration workshops in schools, including mural-painting. Steve is the author of Smelly Peter the Great Pea Eater(Winner of the Sheffield Children's Book Awar...

  • Steven Camden

    Steven Camden

    Steven Camden is one of the UK's most acclaimed spoken-word artists. He also writes plays and teaches storytelling. In 2013 he set up Bearheart, his own story-based creative projects company. Steven lives in London, but Birmingham is where he's from.

  • Stewart Foster

    Stewart Foster

    Stewart Foster is the award-winning author of The Bubble Boy and All the Things That Could Go Wrong. He was one of the Observer's New Faces of Fiction for 2014 and one of Amazon's Rising Stars the same year. He studied at Bath Spa University and continues to live in Bath. His special in...

  • Sue Cheung

    Sue Cheung

    Sue Cheung was born in the Midlands and spent her early years clowning about and busily scribbling and drawing. At the age of 16 she seized her chance to become an artist by winning a scholarship to the London College of Fashion. Later, Sue went into advertising and worked her way up to...

  • Sue Monroe

    Sue Monroe

    Sue Monroe has worked as a television and radio presenter on a variety of children's programmes, including 'Playdays' GMTV kids but is best known for her work as the programme links presenter on BBC's 'Cbeebies'.