by justnigel | Dec 7, 2021 | Authors
Mij Kelly A little about the author Mij was born in Scotland but spent her early childhood in India. She studied English at York University, Publishing Studies at Stirling University and has had a host of different jobs – from tattie howking, cleaning and...
by justnigel | Dec 7, 2021 | Authors
Gillian Shields A little about the author Gillian was born and brought up in Yorkshire. As she grew up she had two passions; books and theatre. Gillian’s love of books led her to read English at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge. After university she studied acting in...
by justnigel | Dec 7, 2021 | Authors
Alison Ritchie A little about the author Alison studied French at Southampton University, and then went off to teach in Japan for a year. Back in the UK, she started working at Penguin, first in marketing and publicity and then in children’s editorial. She has...
by justnigel | Dec 7, 2021 | Authors
David Wood A little about the author David Wood, OBE, is best known as ‘the national children’s dramatist’ (The Times). His many plays and adaptations, including Roald Dahl’s THE BFG, THE WITCHES, JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH and DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD, Dick...
by justnigel | Dec 7, 2021 | Illustrators
Sally Anne Lambert A little about Sally Anne Sally Anne Lambert’s first book, The Gingerbread Man by David Wood, was offered to her while she was still in her final year at Coventry Polytechnic where she obtained a B.A. honours degree in Graphic Design. She has...