Authors

  • Endangered animals, incredible adventures - and super-powers!

    Endangered animals, incredible adventures - and super-powers!

    Abiola Bello introduces her Wild Magic series and tells ReadingZone what inspired these magical adventures about endangered animals. Abiola was born and raised in Stoke Newington, North London. She is a Nigerian-British author and first began writing the Emily Knight sa...

  • Emma Yarlett dips into The Post Bag series

    Emma Yarlett dips into The Post Bag series

    Discover Emma Yarlett's Unicorn Post and find out how The Post Bag series can help inspire a love of letters and writing. Emma Yarlett grew up in Leicester then studied Illustration at University College Falmouth in Cornwall. She won the Macmillan Prize for Illustration...

  • Counting Cats with Jonathan Emmett & Rob Hodgson

    Counting Cats with Jonathan Emmett & Rob Hodgson

    Jonathan Emmett and Rob Hodgson introduce One Cat, Two Cats, their novelty counting book that helps children count to 20. Jonathan Emmett was an architect before becoming a children's author and novelty book designer. He's written over 60 books, includi...

  • Simon Chapman explores The Speed of Light

    Simon Chapman explores The Speed of Light

    Simon Chapman brings Einstein's theories about relativity to life in The Speed of Light, including what inspired his theories - and what would happen if we could travel at the speed of light! Simon is an experienced Physics teacher, but he's also an author, traveller an...

  • Exploring sibling rivalry in Rochelle Falconer's How to Tame a Mummy Monster

    Exploring sibling rivalry in Rochelle Falconer's How to Tame a Mummy Monster

    Rochelle Falconer tells ReadingZone how her own family helped inspire her picture book, How to Tame a Mummy Monster (OUP), a story about sibling rivalry. Rochelle was born in Jamaica but grew up in Birmingham, the oldest of six kids, raised by her single mum. She loved...

  • Jack Jackman's Maisie adventures!

    Jack Jackman's Maisie adventures!

    Jack Jackman introduces his young heroine, Maisie, and her adventures in Antarctica and the Himalayas! Jack is a father of three who works as a teacher in Scotland. Before settling in Scotland, he spent his time wandering the world, including a time in Argentina where h...

  • Exploring anxiety in A Totally Big Umbrella, by Sarah Crossan & Rebecca Cobb

    Exploring anxiety in A Totally Big Umbrella, by Sarah Crossan & Rebecca Cobb

    Sarah Crossan and Rebecca Cobb introduce their new picture book about young children's anxieties, A Totally Big Umbrella (Walker Books). Sarah grew up in Dublin and London. Her books for children and teenagers have won many prizes including the prestigious CILIP Carnegi...

  • Exploring Rachael Davis-Featherstone's moody thriller, Oxford Blood

    Exploring Rachael Davis-Featherstone's moody thriller, Oxford Blood

    Enter the dark academia of Oxford Blood, Rachael Davis-Featherstone's suspenseful YA debut, with a murder at its heart. . . Rachael Davis-Featherstone is a mixed-raced Black British multi-award-nominated author and literary agent. She has published over 20 books, rangin...