Authors and illustrators
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 childrenβs 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.
Emi-Lou May
Emi-Lou May lives in a boysβ boarding school near Oxford, England, with a husband, four children, 65 teenaged boys and a host of lively pets. Emi-Lou previously worked in film and radio and has always loved the art of storytelling in any and every format. Doctorsaurus is her debut picture book.
Emma Young
Emma Young is a writer and editor, specialising in childrenβs fiction. She is the main writer behind the GIRLS CAN VLOG series for tweens which has been translated into 14 languages. Emma lives in East Dulwich.
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.
Eric Huang
Eric Huang has always been fascinated by legends and lore. As a boy, he was determined to find real-life dragons, so he studied palaeontology at university. Reality didn’t live up to his Jurassic Park dreams, though, and he found himself working as secretary at Disney Publishing, launching a career in children’s books. Eric lives in London with his boyfriend Brian and cat McNulty. He’s a podcaster, writer, and lecturer at City University of London’s Masters in Publishing programme.
