SHARON Tregenza was born and brought up in Cornwall but has since lived in many places including, Cyprus, Dubai, Sharjah and Wales. Her debut novel, Tarantula Tide won the Kelpie’s …
MIKE Lancaster lives in Cambridge with his wife, kids, dogs, cats, horses, the Leopard Geckos, and somewhere in between the zoo-keeping he writes stories. His first novel, 0.4 was published …
RUTH Hatfield lives in Cambridge, however as a field archaeologist she is often to be found in far flung locations around the world. Ruth has been writing stories for most …
CHRISTINA Collins grew up in a small town in Massachusetts, devouring books, looking for secret gardens, and using “wicked” as an adverb. She spent a year in England, as a …
SAM Gayton lives by the sea in Margate. In 2009 he completed the Writing for Young People MA at Bath Spa University and not long after published his first book, …
DONNA David grew up in the West Midlands in a house full of noisy siblings, fun parents, mad aunties and maggots (her dad is a fisherman). She’d often be found …
GILES Paley-Phillips grew up on the south coast and left school at 16 to join a band, the highlight of which was performing at Glastonbury festival. Giles turned to writing …
HELEN Brandom is a former primary school teacher who has written for the stage as well as TV and radio. Her TV commissions include series episodes for Granada Television, Carlton …
RACHEL Valentine was born in Kent and grew up in both the UK and Germany. She read psychology at Warwick University, then physiotherapy at Brunel. She then practiced as a …
TITANIA Krimpas trained in drama and theatre arts at the University of Birmingham and Central School of Speech and Drama. Before studying for an MA in Writing for Children at …