Authors and illustrators
Bryony Pearce
Bryony was a winner of the 2008 Undiscovered Voices competition and is the author of ANGEL’S FURY and THE WEIGHT OF SOULS, winner of the Wirral Grammar School Award – Best Science Fiction. She has written PHOENIX RISING, PHOENIX BURNING and SAVAGE ISLAND for Stripes. Bryony lives with her husband and two children in a village in Gloucestershire. Visit bryonypearce.co.uk | @BryonyPearce
Camila Correa
Camila was born at the foot of the Andes mountains in Colombia – a place where nature meets the city. She often feels like a character in a book, and enjoys night swimming, lucid dreaming, old photographs and experimental ice cream flavours.
Caroline Crowe
Caroline Crowe spent 10 years as a national newspaper journalist before swapping fact for fiction. She now spends her time indulging her love of silliness and writing picture books. When she’s not thinking up words that rhyme with pants, she most enjoys reading stories with her three young sons and eating salt and vinegar crisps.
Annemarie Cool
Annemarie Cool was born in Mexico City. She loves Italian food, reading, painting and plants! When she’s not busy making picture books, you will find her hanging out with her very handsome dog, Achilla, and dreaming of the day she can own a cat, too.
Ariel Landy
Ariel Landy is a former teacher who can't believe she gets to draw for a living. When she's not working on her next book, she's likely dreaming up stories with her family, doting on her grumpy old dog, or pottering about her herb garden in southern France.
Becka Moor
Becka Moor graduated in Illustration for Children’s Publishing in 2012. Her first fiction book, VIOLET AND THE PEARL OF THE ORIENT, was shortlisted for the Waterstones Book Prize in 2015. Becka lives in Manchester.
Anu Adebogun
Anu Adebogun is a British-Nigerian author, scholar and award-winning youth practitioner.
With ten years’ experience across the youth and community sector, Anu has partnered with leading national organisations to promote the safety and wellbeing of young people and improve their access to education. She authored the bestselling book ‘Black and Brave History: 30 Sheroes Who Shook Britain’ to celebrate the revolutionary impact of Black female presence through colourful, inspiring biography. Anu holds a first-class Law degree and completed an MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Oxford. Presently, she continues her PhD studies at Oxford where she explores parent-child relationships and safety at home.
Anna Süßbauer
Anna Süßbauer always loved drawing and reading. She became a freelance illustrator in 2016 driven by her passion for graphic design, clear structures and bright colours. Her work includes illustrations for picture books, board books, editorial illustrations and it’s inspired by a quirky sense of humour and her love for all kinds of animals, especially dogs.
Anna Simeone
<b>Anna Simeone </b>has made her lifelong passion her profession over the past decade. She works from her home studio in northern Poland, surrounded by her collection of books and trinkets. In her free time, she enjoys swimming, reading, gardening and walking with her dog Leo.