Children's Fiction & Non-Fiction

Valetine Crow and Mr Death

Jenni Spangler

Theatre school dropout, ex-999 operator and occasional forklift driver, Jenni writes children’s books with a magical twist. She loves to take…
Daniel Mohabbatein

Daniel Mohabbatein

Daniel Mohabbatein is an author, based in the United States, writing primarily in the Children’s Fiction space (both in verse and prose). He’s…
Tijana Lukovic

Tijana Lukovic

Tijana`s paintings and illustrations are inspired by the magical and metaphysical realms, they contain traces of folklore, fairy tale, and…
Archie Greene and the Raven's Spell

D.D. Everest

DD Everest is a successful journalist and author who has written a number of adult non-fiction books. Archie Greene and the Magician’s Secret is…
Queens

Victoria Crossman

After working in film costume for a number of years on projects ranging from Harry Potter and Finding Neverland to Captain Corelli’s Mandolin and…
Look Up!

Sarah Cruddas

Sarah is a global spokesperson on space exploration and a passionate advocate for the emerging private space industry. A Space Journalist and…
Discovery Atlas

Thiago de Moraes

Thiago de Moraes spends most of his time in a tiny shed at the bottom of his garden, writing and illustrating books, comics and bits of old…
The Night the Moon Went Out

Samantha Baines

Samantha Baines is an award-winning comedian, actress, author, broadcaster, hearing aid wearer, knitter, divorcee and feminist. She likes to keep…
The Last Monster

Dan Walker

Dan Walker lives smack-bang in the centre of the UK, just outside of a city called Nottingham, with his lovely, patient and supportive partner…
The Paper & Hearts Society: Bookishly Ever After

Lucy Powrie

Lucy Powrie, also known as @lucythereader, is a blogger and YouTuber from Wiltshire. She set up www.queenofcontemporary.com in 2012 and has since…
The First Move

Jenny Ireland

Jenny Ireland is a Young Adult author who lives outside Belfast with her husband, two bad children and very good collie (or good children and bad…
April Howlett

April Howlett

April is a mixed media illustrator and storyteller based in the Lake District, UK. She loves to be out in nature and draws inspiration from the…
Summer Quigley

Summer Quigley

Summer is a Hampshire writer who loves to write books about family, friendship and animals to make children smile and laugh. She loves to escape…
An Alien Stole My Planet

Pooja Puri

Pooja Puri first tasted publishing success with her short story Chess, and later graduated from King’s Collge London with a First Class degree in…
Sarah Coomer

Sarah Coomer

Originally from Yorkshire, Sarah is a largely self taught illustrator with a long standing love of books and reading. After studying an English…
Emmy Levels Up

Helen Harvey

Helen grew up in a wild and unruly corner of the internet, where she dodged flames, crafted websites and led a guild of magical wolf-tamers. From a…
The Lovely Dark

Matthew Fox

Matthew’s debut middle grade novel, The Sky Over Rebecca, which won the Bath Children’s Novel Award in 2019 was published in April 2022 by…
Be Your Own Superhero

Laura Meek

Dr Laura Meek is a consultant Psychiatrist and has worked in the NHS since 2007. She has an interest in empowering young people to take charge of…
My Type On Paper

Chloe Seager

Chloe Seager grew up in East London with her Mum and much-loved cat, Katie. She studied English Literature and Drama at the University of East…
The House Trap

Emma Read

Emma was once a very sensible biologist. Now she uses her transferable talents such as attention to detail, patience and fine motor skills, to…
I Am A Sensible Gibbon

Will Mabbitt

Will Mabbitt likes to write. He writes on the train, in the corner of cafes, and sometimes he writes in his head when his laptop runs out of power.…
Julian Charlton

Julian Charlton

Julian was an avid doodler during his younger years but never really continued as he got older. That said, a few years ago he picked up a pencil…
The Power Keepers

Denzell Dankwah

Denzell Dankwah is a British-born Ghanaian based in Northampton and is a 21 year old illustrator and recent graduate. Denzell’s art is heavily…
Winter's Keep

Tamsin Mori

Tamsin had a nomadic childhood (eight different schools!), but the one place that always felt like home was Shetland, her mother’s homeland.…
Poppy T. Perry

Poppy T. Perry

As an individual fuelled on caffeine, high BMP tunes and nervous energy, Poppy (she/her) is a magnet to anything fast-paced and playful. She…
HONEST: Everything They Don't Tell You About Sex, Relationships and Bodies

Milly Evans

Milly Evans is a journalist and sex educator who has been campaigning for a more inclusive and comprehensive sex-education curriculum since 2016.…
Monster Max and the Marmalade Ghost

Tom Tinn-Disbury

When Tom studied animation at university, he realised that the best part of the process was writing stories and drawing characters and not…
Agnes Monod-Gayraud and Lorna White

Agnes Monod-Gayraud and Lorna White

Agnes Monod-Gayraud is an author and translator, with a focus on non-fiction titles rooted in science, nature, art and foklore. Winner of the 2017…
Sara Rhys

Sara Rhys

Sara Rhys is a mixed media artist and published illustrator of several children’s books, living and working in the Scottish Borders. She explores…
Judy Wise

Judy Wise

Judy lived in many different places growing up – picking up LOTS of accents along the way. A lover of everything from ballroom dancing to…
Luna Wolf: Animal Wizard

Katy Birchall

After attending Woldingham school in Surrey, Katy Birchall went to Manchester University where she received a first-class degree in English…
Son of the Sea

Richard Pickard

Richard has always loved spending time by the sea. Although he grew up in Hertfordshire his grandparents live on the south coast, in Sussex and…
Katie Mai

Katie Mai

Katie Mai is an Illustrator based in Philadelphia, PA. After graduating from Rutgers University in 2021 with degrees in Visual Arts and Psychology,…
Be Climate Clever

Kids Against Plastic

Amy and Ella Meek (15 and 13 years old) founded their campaign and charity, Kids Against Plastic, in 2016 after learning about the UN’s Global…
Like A Curse

Elle McNicoll

Elle is a Scottish and Neurodivergent writer, happily living in London. She graduated with a first in Creative Writing and has worked as a…
Grown: The Black Girls' Guide to Glowing Up

Black Girls Book Club

Melissa Cummings-Quarry & Natalie A Carter are the co-founders of the London based Black Girls Book Club. It is currently touted as the premier…
The Extraordinary Adventures of Alice Tonks

Emily Kenny

Emily Kenny has loved books for as long as she can remember. As a child, she could usually be found writing stories or reading children’s…
Grown

Dorcas Magbadelo

Dorcas Magbadelo is an illustrator and product designer of DorcasCreates, draws inspiration from the Black women she encounters in her daily life.…

Ross MacKay

Ross MacKay lives in the village of Aberdour in Scotland with his wife and young son, Noah. In 2020, Ross was the recipient of the William Soutar…
Friendship never ends

Alexandra Sheppard

Alexandra Sheppard was born in North London to a Jamaican mother and English father. When Alex isn’t writing teen fiction, she is a freelance…
The Thing About Lemons

Tasha Harrison

At the age of 17, Tasha Harrison reduced her mother to tears (of laughter) by reading out loud her diary entry from the weekend of her aunt’s…
Forest Xiao

Forest Xiao

Forest Xiao is an image maker, storyteller, treasure finder, and new mother. She has lived in China, Germany, USA, UK, and Malaysia, which…
Kenechi Udogu

Kenechi Udogu

Kenechi is a Nigerian-born London-based writer and architect whose work centres on culturally diverse characters, particularly female protagonists…
Gods Don't Cry

Ellen Ryan

Ellen Ryan is the author of Girls Who Slay Monsters, which offers unsung stories about ancient Irish goddesses, re-imagined for nine to twelve-year…
Mojca Novak

Mojca Novak

Mojca is a Slovene artist whose pseudonym is Mocculere for her artwork and writing. Although Mojca now works full-time as a freelance illustrator,…