Rosamund Lloyd lives in London with her two boys (one son, one husband). She loves visiting museums in the big city and baking cakes in her tiny house.
Authors and illustrators
Sally J. Morgan
Sally Morgan has written more than twenty books for children on subjects including history, science and emojis. Sally loves writing and thinks it is the best job in the whole wide world. Sally lives in Minnesota, USA with her husband and two children.
Sam Hay
Sam Hay grew up in Scotland. A former journalist, she has written several childrenโs books including Billy Angel and Bumble the Brave Kitten. She lives with her husband, two children and several pets in a small house with a big garden.
Sam Lloyd
‘Mr Pusskins’, Sam’s first hilarious book for Orchard, won the Booktrust Early Years Award for Best Pre-School Book, was a New York Times bestseller and was shortlisted for the V&A Illustration Award and Sheffield Book Prize. She also created the brilliant Whoops-a-Daisy World series of books for Orchard, which started with ‘Doctor Miaow’s Big Emergency’. Sam has written and illustrated a number of novelty books including the Richard and Judy prize-winning ‘Calm Down, Boris’ for Templar. In 2008 Sam was Highly Commended in the Big Picture Campaign’s Best New Illustrator Awards. Sam lives in Brighton.
Noodle Fuel
Noodle Fuel is a creative partnership that brings brilliant brain-bursting books to life. Sarah Walden is a veteran of the UK’s publishing landscape working at a strategic level in buying, sourcing and retail. Her husband, Mark, is a children’s author and ex-computer game designer. They formed Noodle Fuel in 2020 to create exciting high-octane content for children of all ages, from 1 to 100.
Norma Burgin
Perry Emerson
Perry is a writer and editor at Little Tiger Press, where he works mostly on picture books and sometimes on novelty books. When heโs not making books, he spends his time playing music and discovering new restaurants. Perry lives in London with his partner and their much-too-fluffy cat.
Nima Patel
Rachael Davis
Rachael Davis is a mixed-raced Black-British childrenโs author who loves the magic of getting lost in a good book. She writes inclusive books for children of all ages, both fiction and non-fiction. Her debut picture book, ‘I am NOT a Prince!’, illustrated by Beatrix Hatcher, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Childrenโs Book Prize.
