James Nicol

James Nicol

James Nicol is the bestselling author of The Apprentice Witch series. He has loved books and stories his whole life. He grew up in Norfolk where he spent is childhood absorbed in novels, watching epic 1980s cartoons or adventuring in the wood at the bottom of the...
Tom Palmer

Tom Palmer

Tom Palmer is the author of over 50 books for children covering topics around sport and war. Brought up in Leeds, it was reading about Leeds United that encouraged him to become an avid reader, then writer. He lives in Halifax. To learn more about Tom, visit his...
Sue Hardy-Dawson – Poet & Illustrator

Sue Hardy-Dawson – Poet & Illustrator

Sue Hardy-Dawson’s a poet & illustrator. Her debut collection, ‘Where Zebras Go’, Otter-Barry Books was shortlisted for the 2018 CLiPPA. Her second, ‘Apes to Zebras’ Bloomsbury, co-written with poetry ambassadors, Roger Stevens and Liz Brownlee won the NSTB...
Hilary Robinson

Hilary Robinson

Hilary Robinson is an author, radio producer, broadcaster and feature writer. She was born in Devon and brought up in Nigeria and England. The author of over 60 books for children she is best known for Mixed Up Fairy Tales. Her books have been translated into a number...
Salma Zaman

Salma Zaman

Salma Zaman is a children’s writer, bollywood teacher, choreographer, fitness instructor and the founder and artistic director of Salma’s Bollywood Academy (SBA), the first ever British-Asian Bollywood dance academy for the North of England. Salma has been teaching...