Jeff Norton is an author, writer-producer, and founder of production company, AWESOME. He creates compelling characters, amazing stories, and immersive worlds for all ages, in all media. Originally from Canada, Jeff now lives in London.
Authors and illustrators
Jenna Harrington
Jenna dreamed of living in Narnia when she was little. When she grew up and realised that couldn’t happen, she did the next best thing and worked in Disneyworld for a year. When she’s not working for a children’s book publisher or writing, she spends her time in imaginary worlds.
Jess Hitchman

Jess Hitchman started her career as an online agony aunt on a dot-com boom website for teenage girls. Since then, she has worked for youth and entertainment brands including Cbeebies, CBBC, Radio 1, XFM, MTV and Nickelodeon.
Jill Latter
Jill has been working as an illustrator since graduating from the University of Brighton in 1997. However, she has always been an illustrator at heart, sketching and doodling at any given chance! She lives in West Sussex with her husband and two daughters, two cats and two large mountain dogs!
Jo Brown
Jo Brown has worked as an illustrator for fifteen years and her background in textile design is reflected in her love of colour, pattern, and textures. Her jolly bright images are filled with a playful sense of humour and favourite subjects include dogs, chickens and generally rebellious characters.
Jo Rooks
Joanna Nadin
Joanne Partis

Joanne has always loved anything creative and from a young age has enjoyed painting, colouring, sticking and glueing – anything messy! Joanne studied Illustration at Loughborough College of Art and Design. She now lives in West Sussex with her husband, two boys, and two cats. Since graduating, Joanne has illustrated children’s picture books for many different publishers. She enjoys incorporating a variety of materials in her work to create bright, bold characters and loves drawing animals.