Joanna Benn

JOANNA (Jo) Benn is an environmental storyteller and communications strategist with more than twenty-five years of experience working with the United Nations, international NGOs, and top scientists and ecologists on …

Cate Haynes

CATE Haynes once asked the tooth fairy to make her magic (she was six years old and wrote a very polite note in her best handwriting). When no wand arrived, …

Nicola Penfold

Nicola Penfold was born in Billinge and grew up in Doncaster. She studied English Literature at Cambridge University. Nicola has worked in a reference library and for a health charity, …

Lui Sit

LUI Sit was born in Hong Kong, raised in Australia and lives in London. She fell in love with reading, then writing when she learned English at primary school. Branching …

James Davis

JAMES Davis lives in Manchester with his two favourite humans: the one he married and the one that popped out of that one. He likes sprinting after balls, waterslides and …

Keighley Douglas

KEIGHLEY Douglas is a teacher and Head of Year in a secondary school in Greenwich, London. She has a huge interest in sports, particularly athletics which she used to compete …

Beth O’Brien

BETH O’Brien is an English Literature BA and Creative Writing MA graduate from the University of Birmingham. Work and leisure overlap a lot as reading, writing, and audio-booking are some …

Sharon Hopwood

SHARON Hopwood lives in rural Worcestershire with her husband and two dogs, Agatha and Dempsey. Before becoming a full-time writer, Sharon trained in martial arts and co-ran a family boxing …

Rachel Emily

RACHEL Emily was born in Worcestershire and is currently living in North-East London where she has been a published songwriter for almost a decade. Rachel’s commercial successes include penning and …

Kate Peridot

KATE Peridot writes picture books and illustrated non-fiction children’s books for curious and daring 3–11-year-olds. Her first three books were released in 2023: Caring Conservationist Who Are Changing the World …