Writer, reader, thinker. Founder & director of the Jhalak Prize
Author/Academic “…movingly explores the interconnectedness of our minds, bodies, spirituality and physical environment…”
MA, PhD, SFHEA, RLF / Multi-Carnegie nominee
(LFG, Chiefs)
Award winning working class author. Writes children’s books and adult romance/suspense.
Safeguarding Lead. Part time Lady Stardust.
Somebody I Used To Love - 2024
Pieces of Us - 2025
Loves football, fudge and fascinating fascinations.
Childish writer. 🇬🇧 + 🇦🇺. Carnegie-nominated.
Rep: @agentalicewilliams.bsky.social
My type on paper
YA: Splinters 🪞 Electric Life ⚡
MG: Day of the Whale 🐋 Mort the Meek 🐦⬛Little Animal Rescue
School talks / workshops KS1-KS3
www.racheldelahaye.com
Classicist, Children’s Author, Christian, Cinephile, Londoner
www.carolinelawrence.com
Scottish screenwriter, novelist, time-waster. SOMETHING IN THE WATER; GOOD OMENS 2; TEN PERCENT. Brit List 2019. She/her
Author of Chaos Walking, Monster Calls, More Than this, Burn, Different For Boys. Won a couple Carnegies and an Olivier. Four wins away from an EGOT.
author, marshall scholar, phd @ Yale
sinophone + asian american lit
BABEL, YELLOWFACE, etc...
https://linktr.ee/kuangrf
Athos in the streets. Aramis in the sheets. Porthos in the skeets
Author. she/her https://linktr.ee/melsalisbury
Children’s author of
💚🧚 THE CHANGELING CHILD
💙🧚 INTO THE FAERIE HILL
🥢👻 THE HUNGRY GHOST
❄️⛷️ THE MISSING BARBEGAZI
@PushkinPress | #SCBWI | Reader | She/Her | first name: Helle | 🇩🇰 in🇨🇭via 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇸🇬🇦🇹
www.hsnorup.com
I write books. Sometimes win awards. Crop circle chaser. Myth lover. Collector of folklore. Here for the magic. https://www.lu-hersey.com/ https://www.patreon.com/Writingthemagic
Senior Lecturer & Programme Lead at @marjonuni. MA Lit for Social and Environmental Justice launching in ‘25 (pending final approvals). Author of Female Heroes in YA Fantasy & Founder of @YAStudiesAssoc. Views my own. Also, I read banned books.📚
Award-winning author. 0.4% potassium. Books include ESCAPE ROOM, BLACK HOLE CINEMA CLUB, ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO and FEAR FILES: HIDE AND SEEK. “A writer of genuine originality.” The Guardian https://rb.gy/l2ynyx
MG/YA Writer | 2025-26 London Library Emerging Writers Programme | #MAWFYP at Bath Spa University | Former Grade 7 English teacher | she/her
ND Writer, screenwriter, producer, director, musician-er, home educator
Author of 30 books, eg 'House At The Edge Of Magic' series & 'The Players' trilogy
Helps writers: www.storygodmother.co.uk
Prod co: www.swordandfiddle.co.uk
Books: www.amysparkes.co.uk
A writer of two halves.
Children's/YA books published by Maverick, New Frontier and ZunTold.
Psychological thrillers published by HQ, Harper Collins, writing as Jennifer Moore.
https://jennifermoore.wordpress.com
Illustrator: creations in ink and natural pigments. Posting about illustration, great children's books, and folklore. Former bookseller. Trustee at The Blake Society. She/Her
Author. Latest book is Carnegie shortlisted THE THINGS WE LEAVE BEHIND: ‘Compulsive, poignant YA dystopia’ Guardian. RLF Writing Fellow.
Agent: Catherine Clarke, FBA
www.clarefurniss.com
Photo: Tom Pilston
Writer, Director, Illustrator
'WITCH', Branford-Boase shortlist, CLIP Carnegie nom'd.
'STONE' pub'd by Zephyr/Bloomsbury https://t.co/uHV6Gtoeni
'GHOST' publishing November 6th!
PhD, novelist, RLF Fellow at Uni of Lincoln & Lincoln Bishop Uni. Working class autistic spoonie. Aro/ace. She/they. Proud to be rep'ed by @agentkateshaw.bsky.social. THE MOONLIT MAZE 2025, from @headlinebooks.bsky.social. No dms pls.
FITI, Literary & creative translator, German & French to English: children's/YA and crime fiction, history; proofreader, bookworm; food, crafts, history; cats; climbing; cycling; she/her; Twitter: @FwdTranslations Mastodon: @FwdTranslations@zirk.us
Author of many children's books; most recent ETTIE AND THE MIDNIGHT POOL & The Boy Who Sailed the World. Emeritus Professor of Writing for Young People at Bath Spa Uni. Live at the northeast coast. Love walking, wild swimming, reading.
Academic specialising in children's and YA literature. Head of the MA Children's Literature programme at Goldsmiths, University of London. General Editor of The International Journal of Young Adult Literature.
UK writer rep by Becky Bagnell @lindsaylit.bsky.social , magical/fantasy MG, YA romantasy, loves folklore and cake @WriteMentor CNA winner 2023, @writingawards SL ‘22, speech therapist, ADHD-er, Mum, 1st class cat butler, 2nd class archer
Children's author and screenwriter. Waterstones Children's Book Award and Edgars shortlisted. New fairytale whodunnit, The Big Bad Wolf Murder, OUT NOW!
My stuff: https://linktr.ee/pgbell
She/Her/Sí/Í; children's author, podcaster (shows.acast.com/storyshaped), dormant medievalist. linktr.ee/sinead.ohart. Rep: Clare Wallace. Art: Úna Woods. Free Palestine.
Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. www.celesteng.com
YA author of This is How you Fall in Love (Hot Key Books 🇬🇧/ Bloomsbury 🇺🇸)
Ma/Viking/MG author, rep by Thérèse Coen. Published by Welbeck/Hachette #WWFC
linktr.ee/Carolynward
@carolynwardwriting Insta/Tiktok
Bella Bright books. Gimme the spooky 👻
Over 30 years in commercial art and more than 20 as a published author – mostly children's and young adult. No hope of ever getting a proper job. Lifelong nerd who's concerned about climate change. No AI slop wanted. He/Him. http://oisinmcgann.com/
Children’s writer & artist 💫 Mama to best twins. Wonderlarker. ELSETIME 🪶 (2020), THE CHESTNUT ROASTER 🌰 (2022), THE LAST BOY 🧹 (2024)
Editorial Director for fiction @ Nosy Crow. All opinions my own. Thinking about books… Thinking about food… Thinking about good colours for jumpers…
MG author: Toby and the Silver Blood Witches, Max and Monty with Collins Primary
Winner of the Book Bloggers' Novel of the Year Award 2022
Owned by three-legged rescue dog
ME/CFS
https://linktr.ee/SallyDoherty
We recommend children’s and YA books to teachers, parents, librarians and schools. Free resources, free reviews and no paywall. #GoAllIn
https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk
Children's author since before the internet was invented.
Please don't follow me if your profile includes flags, religion, thoughts on Trump & the like (+ve or -ve ) if you have complacency problems, something to sell, or found my name on a Helpful List.
Sharing the very best books for Children aged 0-12 📚💫
Children’s author of Compton Valance, Kevin the Vampire, the Mab. Also lover of robot movies 🎥
My stuff ⏬
https://linktr.ee/mattbrownwriter
Author of Pages & Co. Sometimes theatre journalist. Host of Lush Book Club.
⭐️ Award-winning children's books publisher.
📚 Picture books, baby books, fiction, non-fiction.
🐦 Find us on #nosycrow, nosycrow.com, + linktr.ee/nosy_crow
Author
Sunday Times Children's Books
#NewIllustrationoftheDay
Blog, biog, gallery, books: on www.nicolettejones.com
Events: phil@showmetherabbit.com.
RLF Bridge Yr 11/12 writing wkshops: bridge@rlf.org.uk
Art by John Jones: www.johnedwardjones.co.uk
✨Where good stories begin...
📚We're an independent publisher of superb books for readers of all ages. Join the adventure here!
The Booker Prize and the International Booker Prize celebrate the best English-language fiction. https://thebookerprizes.com
Author. Scaring and exciting readers of all ages. Repped by
@elladkahn at @DKWLit
https://t.co/kzpcnxfxWz
Writer type. Making it up as I go. 📖. #TheTwelve out now. Other books #TheIllusions #TheGifts & #Bearmouth. Fond of wanders. Lover of books, films, art & wildlife. Nerd.
Dum spiro spero
🇮🇪 Irish writer of children's books.
Represented by Mandy Suhr at Storywise Agency.
Scholar of Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Fantasy, & Consent | English PhD | Cohost of Sex. Love. Literature., a Pop Culture Podcast, found at @sexlovelitpodcast.bsky.social
Children's Author: THE MATILDA EFFECT (MG) and OH, ARMADILLO! (PB) among other things. Rep’d by Greyhound Literary. Based in Southend-on-Sea. Pontins’ under 8s Connect 4 Champion (1988)
More here: ellieirving.co.uk
Spoken word poet, novelist, poetry filmmaker. Professor of Creative Enterprise, co-director of Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival. Loves trees.
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0034P8U64
https://canceralleyproject.com
https://thebookofhours.org
Writer/Poet/Myth witch. Classical Association Prize 2017. Latin Programme Poetry Prize 2022. Bridport Poetry Shortlist 2024. Holy rage Feminist/Animist. 🐝 🐍
Lover of owls & goddesses.
ADHD/ND & ME\CFS🥄
Free 🇵🇸
💗💙💜
Threads: @lucywriter
Web: lucycoats.com
YA author of twisty thrillers. Classic crime enthusiast, coffee drinker and cat parent. Not as dark as my books! Latest: LOVE YOU TO DEATH (Scholastic, 2023). Essex Libraries Author in Residence 2024.
✏️Children's author illustrator & jewellery maker
⭐ Rep'd by Emily Talbot at United Agents
🏆 Klaus Flugge Prize Longlist ‘25
📧hello@fawashah.co.uk
🩷 She/Her
www.fawashah.co.uk
Professional writer, mainly of books for children and teenagers. Cat-lover, Italophile, socialist, vegetarian, feminist. More fun than that sounds. Huge backlist with RCW Lit Agency. Best known picture book Amazing Grace. Stravaganza sequence for teens.
Northern indie publisher | Winner of the IPG Nick Robinson Newcomer Award 2019 | Publishing the very best books in all genres | Home to NYALlitFest
Author, doctor, researcher and parent. Here for the #kidlitcommunity. My MG novel Dream Hunters came out Aug 2024 Simon and Schuster. #ukkidlit #booksky
Award winning children's author. 'No Ballet Shoes in Syria' 'Bird Boy'. Also writing as Cate Shearwater! Teacher too! Rep'd by Rupert Crew
Literary agent in the living room, mother in the kitchen, asleep in the bedroom. Beagle-owned. www.theshawagency.co.uk
International prizes for emerging writers
✨The Bath Novel Award | Prize £5,000 | C/d 31 May
✨The Bath Children's Novel Award | Prize £5,000 | C/d 30 Nov
www.bathnovelaward.co.uk
Picture book maker
www.edvere.com
Writer | Contemporary MG | Scottish Book Trust New Writer Awardee 2024 | S1 Leeds Literary LL 2024 | All Stories Mentee 2022 | HarperCollins Academy 2022 | Searchlight Novel Opening SL 2022 | Golden Egg Award SL 2022 | she/her
Writer and therapist: Tsunami Girl, Tokyo Ghost Cafe and more. Bewitched, bothered and bewildered since 1966 :-)
Writer of books, lecturer of creative writing, sometime Guardian/Bookseller/Stylist journalist. The Illumination of Ursula Flight + Badly Behaved Women.
Children's author & conservationist. @BornFreeFDN ambassador & @manechance patron. She/her. THE LION CUB’S SECRET out on 9 October 2025
Writer of children's books, co-founder of Picture Hooks. (www.picturehooks.org.uk)
Currently hosting small neurotic dog...
Autistic author writing happily ever afters 🌊💕
Real When I'm With you, out now!
Chair of the Brontë Society | YouTube.com/lucythereader 📚
🏳️🌈
We publish fiction and nonfiction adorned with the famous dignified but flippant logo.
Aspiring YA writer.
Bath Spa Writing Programme Alumni
Posts all thing books
Loves ghosts
Online writing magazine and blog for the young and the young at heart. Featuring new writing & art for MG, teen & YA, plus content for readers and aspiring writers.
www.paperboundmag.com
Author: Ghostlord and Wildlord 12+, The Arrow of Apollo, The Double Axe, 10+, How to Teach Classics to Your Dog, for adults.
Writes for many papers, mostly about books. Shakespearean, Classicist, etc
Ghostlord - Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week
Writer of many different things. LL Bath Children's Novel, Honorary Mention SCBWI UV2024, Special Mention Searchlight Best Novel Beginning, #MAWFYP #SCBWI #GEA
Royal Lit Fellow | Author: BOY 87 shortlisted Waterstones Children's Book Prize | LOST Guardian Best Books | FAKE BookTrust 'future classic' | WILD an FT Book of the Year | STORM CHILD Times Book of the Week
Author Historical Fiction YA & Adult. Witch Child, Pirates! Miss Graham's War aka Miss Graham's Cold War Cook Book.
www.celiarees.com
www.reviewsbywriters.blogspot.com
Author. देसी Londoner. 한국어 학생. Mum.
Bringing back Kay-Kay - Walker Books
Agent: Clare Wallace - Darley Anderson Children’s Book Agency
Small but mighty, award-winning indpendent bookshop in the heart of Edinburgh's lovely Bruntsfield area
https://www.edinburghbookshop.com/
Writer, creative dreamer, workshop facilitator
Writer. Lover of poetry. Loves the world still.
Leaf Journal: On Writing for Young People. Publishing scholarly articles by children's writers in the academy. View our past issues: https://ojs.library.lancs.ac.uk/lj/issue/archive
Find us online: https://linktr.ee/leafjournal
INSPIRING PASSIONS · REALISING AMBITIONS. City Lit is the ultimate destination for evening, weekend and daytime courses, delivered online and face-to-face.
https://www.citylit.ac.uk/
The UK's best-loved book awards for children & young people, celebrating outstanding writing & illustration; judged by librarians @cilip.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
https://carnegies.co.uk/
Other socials 👉 https://linktr.ee/carnegiemedals
Wiltshire girl. MG author of folksy horrors THE WITCHSTONE GHOSTS and THE SCREAM OF THE WHISTLE with Chicken House. Repped by Lucy Irvine, DA. Storyteller/Workshop Person. Longlisted for Branford Boase. Messy ND overthinker, big fan of tea and magic.
Marketing Director and Fiction Author. Content creator, animator and avid reader. SL Exeter Novel Prize 24. LL Times/ChickenHouse Novel Prize 24
Secondary school librarian. Author of The Travelling School Mysteries, LIBBY & THE EGYPTIAN ESCAPADE publishes Jan 25
Firefly Press
Header Becka Moor.
https://jo-clarke.co.uk/
She/Her
Editorial. Expert Bookseller. All round Bookie Monster.
All views mine. She/Her. 🏴
UPDATES ONLY (Find me on Instagram) Writing words | SECRETS OF THE SNAKESTONE & THE GOLDEN MONKEY MYSTERY 🐒🐍💫 l
https://linktr.ee/piudasgupta
Paris 16eme 🇫🇷🇮🇳🇬🇧
Literary Agent at Skylark Literary, a specialist children's and YA literary agency. Always on the look-out for something great to read. 📚
Trying not to drink too much tea.
https://www.skylark-literary.com/
#ukkidlit #kidlituk
Children's author. Fantasy and Welsh folklore. Hobbies include boardgames, piano, gardening and cooking. Owned by two cats. She/her. 📚🐱🐱
📚 Children's author of picture books, chapter books and Middle Grade.
🌟 Chair of the Children's Writers and illustrators Group at Society of Authors. 💃Posts are my own.
🏆 Winner of the @JHALAKPRIZE & @BRADFORDBOASE for Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths
🐯 Tiger Warrior author
🔎 Very Merry Murder Club author
Screenwriter @bbcwritersroom Scottish Voices.
Lit Rep: @chloeseager
https://linktr.ee/MaisieChanWrites
Brummie
Author of Utterly Dark, Railhead, Mortal Engines: co-author (with Sarah McIntyre) of Adventuremice, Pugs of the Frozen North etc. My short film Gwenevere is now on YouTube.
LL Bath Children's, Mslexia & WriteMentor Children's Novel awards, 2nd in Wells Festival of Literature Book for Children & HC for Kelpies Prize for Writing. #kidlit
Love anything #mythology and #folklore related
https://www.elizabethfrattaroli.com/
Fantasy writer, history geek, dark chocolate addict! Writes sparkling fantasy rom-coms for adults and fun MG fantasy adventures. She/her.
linktr.ee/stephanieburgis
Autistic. Bestselling author and award winning screenwriter. Agent: Lauren Gardner.
Winner of Blue Peter Award & Overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize, 21. Emmy nominated #AKindOfSpark streaming on BBC iPlayer!
Author of Malamander, and the Eerie-on-Sea Mysteries. Secret new book on the way…
Teen fiction author | LIVIA IN ROME | EVIE IN VENICE (July ‘26) @chickenhousebooks
🏴🇮🇹Scotalian
❤️ in my romance era
📚 rep @fraserrossassociates
Writer and illustrator of silly things.
Children's author moving into screenwriting. BAFTA Rocliffe new writing shortlistee 2023. She/her.
jocotterill.com
Sunday Times & NY Times bestselling author of the SKANDAR series 🦄 published by Simon and Schuster (she/her) Type 1 diabetic. Rep: Sam Copeland, RCW
