Tamsin Winter grew up in a tiny village in Northamptonshire where there was nothing to do. Subsequently, she spent her childhood reading books and writing stories, mostly about cats. She studied English Literature and Creative Writing before working in advertising, travelling and teaching in Singapore for a year. She now work as a secondary school […]
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Sharon Cohen
Sharon Cohen was born in Lancashire but spent most of her early childhood in West Yorkshire. After graduating with a first-class science degree and a doctorate, Sharon worked as a scientific writer. Her passion for children’s fiction emerged following the birth of her first son and she completed the Open University Children’s Literature course in […]
Jess Butterworth
Jess Butterworth spent her childhood between the UK and India, and grew up hearing stories about the Himalayas from her grandmother. She studied a masters in writing for young people at Bath Spa University. Running on the Roof of the World is her debut novel. Jess now splits her time between Louisiana in the States […]
Guy Jones
Guy Jones was born in Botswana, grew up in Bedfordshire and now lives in St Albans with his wife and step-daughter. He spent a decade writing for the theatre, including the West End musical Never Forget, before finally knuckling down to write a book. The Ice Garden is his first novel. […]
Vashti Hardy
Vashti Hardy lives in Sussex with her husband and three teens. She was previously a primary school teacher, and has a special interest in children’s writing, especially free-writing. Vashti also works within digital marketing and is an alumni member and writing buddy of The Golden Egg Academy. I love tales of exploring and fantasy adventure, […]
Lucy Strange
After studying English Literature at Sheffield University, Lucy Strange trained at the Oxford School of Drama and worked as an actor, singer and storyteller for some years before becoming an English and Drama teacher. On moving to Dubai, she launched the award-winning blog Homesick and Heatstruck and has worked as a freelance writer for the UAE women’s […]
Christian O’Connell
Christian O’Connell is a multi-award winning broadcaster who hosts commercial radio’s biggest breakfast show, on Absolute Radio. He is also a touring stand-up comedian with several sold out National tours and three critically acclaimed Edinburgh Festival shows. He has presented TV shows on Sky1, ITV and C5. He is married and a self-proclaimed ‘shabby dad’ […]
Lisa Thompson
Lisa Thompson wrote her first novel when she was 9 years old. At the time, Lisa wasn’t allowed to have horse riding lessons but she soon discovered she could live out her dream through writing, so her book was about a girl who opened her own horse sanctuary. It took 30 years of dreaming about […]
Sylvia Bishop
Sylvia Bishop spent an entire childhood reading fiction, dreaming up stories and Pretending. She then tried very hard to get to grips with the real world by studying politics and going in to social science research. This was a shock. Thankfully, she discovered improvised comedy at university, which allowed her to carry on making up […]
Peter Bunzl
Peter Bunzl grew up in South London in a rambling Victorian house with 3 cats, 2 dogs, 1 little sister, an antique dealer dad and an artist mum. After studying at art college and film school, he worked as an animator on commercials, pop videos and 2 BAFTA winning children’s TV shows. He has written and directed several successful short films and now lives in […]