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Author of the month

Cathy Cassidy

Cathy Cassidy is the author of loads of fab books, including Gingersnaps, Dizzy and her new book Shine On, Daizy Star. This month she’s also launching National Best Friends’ Day, so check out our Fun Stuff pages for ideas to share with your BFs.

Meg Cabot

Meg Cabot is the author of the hugely successful Princess Diaries series, and other great titles for girls.

Eoin Colfer

Eoin Colfer was born on the South-East coast of Ireland in 1965. As well as the bestselling Artemis Fowl series, he has written the fantastic Legend of… stories about two naughty brothers, Will and Marty. His new project is the sixth instalment of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. He says “I will keep writing until people stop reading or I run out of ideas.”

Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl is probably the best loved children’s author ever. Millions of children from all around the world have chuckled and gasped at his amazing stories. Born in 1916, he served as a fighter pilot in Africa during WWII before becoming a writer. His mesmerising stories, written in sizzling, sparkly language, will lead you into adventures you’ll never ever forget!

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.

Martin Handford

Find out all about Martin Handford, author of the best-selling Where’s Wally books.

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 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!

Philip Reeve

Philip Reeve was born and raised in Brighton, where he worked in a bookshop for years while also producing and directing a number of no-budget theatre projects. He is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of the quartet that began with MORTAL ENGINES.

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 is most famous for her immensely popular Horrid Henry series.

Jeremy Strong

At the age of three, Jeremy Strong fell out of a first floor window and landed on his head. He was in hospital for a week with a broken arm and a headache. Luckily he recovered, and today he is one of the UK’s favourite children’s authors!

Jacqueline Wilson

Former Children’s Laureate Jacqueline Wilson has written more than 70 children’s books. Today she is the UK’s best-known living children’s author, with many awards and honours to her name.

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