Fiona Ross

Fiona Ross loves to doodle and think up stories. As well as being a children’s book illustrator, Fiona works in film and TV as a concept artist. When she’s not drawing she watches scary movies and drinks far too much tea. She lives in London.

Gabriel Dylan

Gabriel is not only an exciting debut writer, he is also a surfer, snowboarder and secondary-school teacher. The inspiration for his first novel came from being snowed in whilst leading a school skiing trip to a remote village in the Austrian Alps. He is based in Gloucestershire. Visit @GabrielDylanYA

Gail Yerrill

Gail Yerrill lives in Bedford with her husband and two children. She has a BA (Hons) in two-dimensional design from the University of Hertfordshire. As well as illustrating children’s books, she designs greetings cards and stationery. Gail loves spending time with her family, playing Articulate with friends, going to the theatre, walking in the countryside and travelling to new places.

Gareth P. Jones

Gareth P. Jones is the author of many books for children, including the NINJA MEERKATS, PET DEFENDERS and DRAGON DETECTIVE series, and THE CONSIDINE CURSE, for which he won the Blue Peter Book of the Year 2012. He lives in south London with his family. Visit www.garethwrites.co.uk | @jonesgarethp

Gavin Scott

Gavin Scott lives in Somerset with his partner and little boy. He studied Natural History Illustration at Bournemouth Art College before becoming an artist for Hallmark cards. Gavin draws a lot of his influence from the countryside.

Georgiana Deutsch

Georgiana lives in a tiny flat in London with a husband, a piano and piles of beautiful books. When not writing, she can usually be found baking brownies and dreaming of owning a Labrador called Watson.

Georgina Stevens

Georgina Stevens is a sustainability writer, advisor and campaigner. She is a big believer that each of us has the power to make seismic change in our world, and she organises the Be The Change events to help plant seeds of inspiration in this direction. Her favourite things are walking with her dogs, forest-bathing and planting things with her son, Rafael.

Gill Guile

Gill Guile was born in Halifax, West Yorkshire and always knew she’d be an artist. Since gaining a First at Birmingham Art College she has been scribbling away designing postage stamps, greeting cards and over 400 children’s books and has been published in 22 languages. In her spare time Gill loves playing tennis and socialising with family and friends.

Graham Marks

Graham has spent his whole career in children’s publishing, firstly as a Creative Director and latterly as a journalist and award-winning author. His first published work was a book of poetry, which came out while he was studying Graphics at Harrow School of Art. He has also worked for Marvel Comics writing scripts and in advertising as a copywriter.

Ellie Patterson

Ellie lives in Brighton and has been penning children’s books since her early twenties (which is quite a long time ago). She works as a senior editor and loves to hang out in coffee shops, sipping oat milk cappuccinos and soaking up inspiration with her beloved mac laptop. Her dog Daisy, a goldendoodle, is usually to be found asleep at her feet. Ellie loves yoga, the sea, chocolate and train travel.