Philip Reeve grew up in Brighton. He has been writing stories since he was five years old, but the first one to be published was Mortal Engines which won the Nestle Smarties Book Prize and Blue Peter Book Award, and was made into a blockbuster film. Philip has also provided cartoons and jokes for many [...]

Iszi Lawrence (@iszi_lawrence) is a writer, comedian, podcaster and History presenter. Credits include Yesterday Channel’s Great British Landmark Fixers, Netflix The Lost Pirate Kingdom, co-host of BBC Radio 4’s flag ship show, Making History with Tom Holland, BBC Sounds Your Place or Mine with Shaun Keaveny, The British Museum Membercast and popular science podcast Terrible [...]

Knight Sir Louis is from the brains of award - winning sibling duo, The Brothers McLeod. Myles is a screenwriter, author and poet; and Greg is an illustrator, director and animator. As the Brothers McLeod, they have written, produced and directed short films, children’s series and numerous other original animations. Their new animated series, Circle [...]

SF Said's first book, Varjak Paw, won the Nestlé Smarties Prize for Children's Literature, and was listed by BookTrust as one of the 100 best children's books of the past 100 years.  The sequel, The Outlaw Varjak Paw, won the BBC Blue Peter Book Of The Year.  His third book, Phoenix, represented the UK on the IBBY International [...]