November

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Authors and Illustrators

Author of the month

Jacqueline Wilson

Don’t miss Jacky’s latest book, Cookie! There’s a chance to win a copy, signed by our favourite Dame herself, right here!

Cathy Cassidy

Cathy is the author of loads of popular books including ‘Driftwood’ and her latest ‘Sundae Girl’.

Frank Cottrell Boyce

Frank Cottrell Boyce is a successful British screenwriter and is now an award-winning children’s author.

Julia Donaldson

Julia Donaldson is one of the UK’s best-loved children’s authors.

Dan Freedman

Dan Freedman is author of the Jamie Johnson football books, and also works at the FA, editing their website and match programmes.

Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz is the award-winning author of the awesome Alex Rider series.

Karen McCombie

Karen McCombie is the brilliant, best-selling author of the ALLY’S WORLD and STELLA ETC. series, as well as MARSHMALLOW MAGIC AND THE WILD ROSE ROUGE, and a number of titles for teenagers. Before becoming an author she worked on teen magazines, including Just Seventeen and Sugar. Karen’s offical website is: www.karenmccombie.com

Hilary McKay

Hilary McKay lives in Derbyshire with her husband and two children. She is a highly-acclaimed author and has won many awards including the Guardian Fiction Award for ‘The Exiles’, the Smarties Prize for ‘The Exiles at Home’, and most recently she won the Whitbread for ‘Saffy’s Angel’.

Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo discovered his talent for writing while working as a teacher. “We had to read the children a story every day and my lot were bored by the book I was reading. I decided I had to do something and told them the kind of story I used to tell my kids – it was like a soap opera, and they focused on it. I could see there was magic in it for them, and realised there was magic in it for me.”

Today, Michael has written over 100 books for children, and has won a multitude of awards as well as serving as Children’s Laureate from 2003-2005.

Dav Pilkey

Author and illustrator Dav Pilkey started writing the Captain Underpants stories while he was still at school. His books contain scenes which may be too silly for grown-ups, small animals and some types of houseplants. If you are a grown-up, a small animal, a houseplant or a teacher, you should seek permission from a kid before reading on!

Axel Scheffler

Axel has achieved worldwide acclaim for his humorous illustrations.

Nick Sharratt

Nick Sharratt is one of the country’s favourite illustrators, with over 100 books to his name.

Francesca Simon

Francesca Simon is a fantastic author who has won many awards. She is most famous for her immensely popular Horrid Henry series.

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