Adam Blade is the name for a small collective of authors who have been writing the bestselling series Beast Quest and Sea Quest for 10 years. Beast Quest has now sold over 10 million copies. The newest series from the Adam Blade team is called Team Hero.
Katie and Kevin Trang* are co-authors of the Sam Wu young fiction series and upcoming Dragon Mountain trilogy. They met in in 2008 while studying at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Since then they have lived on three different continents and travelled to over 40 countries together. Kevin was born in Copenhagen and grew up […]
Laura Dockrill is an author, illustrator and performance poet. She is the author of Carnegie Medal-nominated YA novel Lorali and the Darcy Burdock series for younger readers, which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2014. Laura grew up in Brixton and still lives in London.
Nicola Davies is an award-winning author, renowned for her bestselling nature writing and children’s fiction. Her many books for children include A First Book of Animals, Big Blue Whale, The Promise, King of the Sky and the critically acclaimed The Day War Came. She is a zoology graduate and has worked for the BBC Natural History […]
Roald Dahl wrote many books for adults before finding fame with his children’s stories. Written for his own children, James and the Giant Peach was a brilliant success and was turned into a film in 1996. Many of Roald dahl’s stories featured gruesome experiences and the villains were often adults, which made his writing different […]
Born in Lancashire, Sarah* was brought up in Yorkshire and moved to Wales aged eight. She studied History at university and remained in higher education, as a researcher and then as a strategic planner. She has had short stories published in several anthologies. She also loves singing and helped found AberOpera, Aberystwyth’s opera group. She […]
Steve Cole* was chosen by Ian Fleming Publications to succeed Charlie Higson as the writer for Young Bond, a series that follows the explosive adventures of the teenage James Bond. His other bestselling titles include Z. Rex, Thieves Like Us, Doctor Who and Astrosaurs. In other careers, Steve has worked as an editor of books and magazines […]
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