Sylvia Bishop is the author of the much-loved ERICA’S ELEPHANT and THE BOOKSHOP GIRL. When not writing, Sylvia is also one half of improvised comedy duo the Peablossom Cabaret. She lives in London. @sylviabishop
Sylvia Bishop
Authors and illustrators
Tammi Salzano
Tammi has been involved with childrenβs books for 15 years, both as a writer and an editor. She has written more than 40 books for young readers and has edited countless more. Tammi lives with her husband and three young children, who are often the inspiration for her stories.
Thomas Hegbrook
Thomas Hegbrook is a nature lover with a talent for illustration and design. When he’s not creating beautiful books, he likes to spend time with his wife and son and their two dogs.
Tilly Temple
Tilly grew up surrounded by animals on a beautiful farm in rural Oxfordshire, and now lives in London with her cat, Oscar. When sheβs not writing childrenβs books, she can usually be found doing yoga in a London park.
Suzy Senior
Suzy Senior lives and works at the top of a huge hill in Sheffield. She lives with her family, a small gang of tropical fish and quite a lot of books.
She loves writing picture books, making things rhyme and eating jaffa cakes β ideally all at the same time!
Sophie Aggett
Sophie lives in London and likes to spend her time eating pizza and reading detective stories. She loves her job in children’s publishing but suspects she would be good at solving mysteries too. On retirement, Sophie plans to open a detective agency by the sea.
Sonali Fry
Sophie Cameron
Sophie Cameron is aβ―YAβ―andβ―MGβ―author from the Scottish Highlands. She studied French and Comparative Literature at the University of Edinburgh and has a Postgraduate Certificate in Creative Writing from Newcastle University. Her debut novelβ―OUT OF THE BLUEβ―was nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2019. She lives in Spain with herβ―family.
Smriti Halls
Smriti is an internationally bestselling, award-winning childrenβs author, published in more than 35 languages worldwide. She began her career at the BBC and worked for several years as a writer and editor in childrenβs publishing and television, before taking up writing full time. She lives in London with her husband and three sons, reading, writing and eating sticky buns.
Sufiya Ahmed
Sufiya Ahmed was born in India and arrived in the UK as a baby. She lived in Bolton, Lancashire, before moving to London where she still lives. Sufiya has worked in advertising and in the House of Commons, but is now a full-time author. In 2010 Sufiya set up the BIBI Foundation, a non-profit organisation, to arrange visits to the Houses of Parliament for diverse and underprivileged school children.
