Authors
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Amy Sparkes
Amy Sparkes was born in Eastbourne and grew up by the sea. She describes her childhood as 'magical' - filled with ghosts, fairies, witches and curious incidents such as trying to remove the school floor in pursuit of a magical land. (Amy adds, "Regrettably I was stopped by a teacher before I g...
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Amy Alward
Amy Alward is a Canadian author and freelance editor who divides her time between the UK and Canada. In 2013, she was listed as one of The Bookseller's Rising Stars. Her debut fantasy adventure novel, The Oathbreaker's Shadow, was published in 2013 under the name Amy McCulloch and was l...
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Amanda Wood
Amanda Wood began her career as natural history illustrator for a private press. She was one of the founding directors of Templar and its principal publisher for over 30 years. In her time there, she published and nurtured numerous Kate Greenaway winners and edited and wrote several groundbrea...
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Ally Carter
Ally Carter writes novels for adults and YA. She grew up on a farm in Oklahoma. Her mother was a teacher and her father a farmer and rancher. She has one older sister. She attended Oklahoma State University and Cornell University and worked for several years in the agricultural industry...
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Alison Allen-Gray
Alison was brought up in the wilds of Suffolk, where an inspirational primary school teacher helped her to manage the interruption that school posed to the important business of having adventures. Whilst study for a degree in English and Drama Alison and her friends converted an old chapel int...
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Alice Hoffman
Alison was brought up in the wilds of Suffolk, where an inspirational primary school teacher helped her to manage the interruption that school posed to the important business of having adventures. Whilst study for a degree in English and Drama Alison and her friends converted an old chapel int...
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Ali Sparkes
Ali Sparkes grew up knowing she was going to be an actress even though she was writing stories from the age of six. She focused on acting and singing and was on telly at the age of 14. Eventually, after working backstage in London's West End theatres, being a Bluecoat at Pontins and sin...
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Ali Pye
Ali Pye is the author and illustrator of a number of picture books, including You Can Never Run Out of Love and Rosie Is My Best Friend. The Adventures of Harry Stevenson is her first fiction series and was inspired by a real-life guinea pig (who turned out to be a girl and was re-named...
