Wes Magee is an award-winning author for children and for adults. He has published 6 poetry collections for adults, and more than 100 books for young readers – fiction, poetry, plays, picture books, and anthologies. He regularly makes author visits to schools, libraries, and festivals where he performs his ‘Poetry Show’ and gives writing workshops. …
Joan Lingard has written novels for both adults and children. She is probably most famous for the teenage-aimed Kevin and Sadie series, which have sold over one million copies and have been reprinted many times since. Her first novel Liam’s Daughter was an adult-orientated novel published in 1963. Her first children’s novel was The Twelfth…
Before she could walk, Gill Lewis was discovered force-feeding bread to a sick hedgehog under the rose bushes. Now her stories reflect her passion for wild animals in wild places. She draws inspiration from many of the people she has had the fortune to meet during her work as a vet, both at home and…
Caroline Lawrence studied Classics at Berkeley, where she won a Marshall Scholarship to Cambridge. There, at Newnham College, she studied Classical Art and Archaeology and later took an MA in Hebrew and Jewish Studies at University College, London. In 2000 she wrote The Thieves of Ostia, the first in a series of children’s adventure stories set…
Andrew Lane is the author of some twenty books, including the Young Sherlock series. Andrew lives in Dorset with his wife, his son and a vast collection of Sherlock Holmes books, the purchase of which over the past twenty years is now a justifiably tax-deductible expense. Where does your inspiration come from? It comes from…
Liz Kessler studied English at Loughborough University, then took a teaching qualification at Keele University, and more recently a Masters in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University. She worked as a teacher, teaching English and Media Studies, and has also run Creative Writing courses. As a journalist she worked on local and regional newspapers in…
Jane Johnson is a writer – for adults and for children – and a publisher. She is Fiction Publishing Director for HarperCollins Publishers UK, where she is responsible for the Voyager science fiction and fantasy list, as well as publishing thrillers and some historical fiction. Her new book, Goldseekers, is set in 17th century Cornwall and…
Marie-Louise Jensen is an author of historical fiction for young people. Where does your inspiration come from? History! I get all my ideas for stories from historical events or eras that have captured my imagination. What comes first – plot, character or situation? Usually a situation. For example in my second novel, the Lady in the…
Award-winning author Julia Jarman has written over 60 books for children. When she was 8 years old she decided to become a children’s writer and actually had some work published. After studying English and Drama at university Julia went on to become a teacher. It was while reading to her three children that she realised…