Abiola Bello is the author of the Carnegie-nominated fantasy series Emily Knight I am which also won London's Big Read 2019.
Maisie Chan is the British-born Chinese author of Stories From Around the World, a collection of fairy tales, myths and legends.
Benjamin Dean is a celebrity reporter for Buzzfeed and author of Waterstones Book of the Month Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow.
Nizrana Farook was born and raised in Sri Lanka, where the beautiful landscapes of the country have inspired her novels, The Girl Who Stole an Elephant and The Boy Who Met a Whale.
Roopa Farooki was born in Pakistan, and brought up in London.
She is the author of the Double Detective mystery series and is an NHS doctor. Sharna Jackson is the award-winning author of High-Rise Mystery and Mic Drop. High-Rise Mystery won both the Waterstones Book Prize and was Sunday Times Book of the Week. Patrice Lawrence is the current Waterstones Children's Laureate, appointed for the 2026-2028 tenure. Her debut YA novel, Orangeboy, won the YA Book Prize and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Readers, and was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award.
Her other novels include Indigo Donut, the Jhalak Prize winner Eight Pieces of Silva and the Carnegie Medal shortlisted Needle. In 2021, Patrice was awarded an MBE for Services to Literature. Elle McNicoll is a Scottish Neurodivergent writer. Her novel, A Kind of Spark has been Waterstones Book of the Month and The Times' Children's Book of the Week. E. L. Norry, also known as Em Norry, is the author of debut middle grade spy novel, Amber Undercover. Annabelle Sami is a writer, director and performer.
She is the author of Llama Out Loud and mystery series, Agent Zaiba Investigates. Dominique Valente is fairly certain she has a Benjamin Button type of disease where you grow younger the older you get, as apart from an odd blip in her twenties where she was a journalist for ten years, she came to her senses and decided to make up stories about witches and grumpy monsters instead. She grew up in South Africa, but now lives in the UK along the Suffolk coast with her husband and their bulldog, Fudge. Joanna Williams' debut series The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries is a middle grade mystery full of daring adventure in Georgian London. Serena Patel is the author of the Anisha Accidental Detective series, winner of the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards. Robin Stevens is the author of the much-loved and award-winning and bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series. Harry Woodgate is an illustrator and author based in St Albans.
They love making work about psychology, LGBT and queer identities, and protecting our natural world.
She is the author of the Double Detective mystery series and is an NHS doctor. Sharna Jackson is the award-winning author of High-Rise Mystery and Mic Drop. High-Rise Mystery won both the Waterstones Book Prize and was Sunday Times Book of the Week. Patrice Lawrence is the current Waterstones Children's Laureate, appointed for the 2026-2028 tenure. Her debut YA novel, Orangeboy, won the YA Book Prize and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Older Readers, and was shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Award.
Her other novels include Indigo Donut, the Jhalak Prize winner Eight Pieces of Silva and the Carnegie Medal shortlisted Needle. In 2021, Patrice was awarded an MBE for Services to Literature. Elle McNicoll is a Scottish Neurodivergent writer. Her novel, A Kind of Spark has been Waterstones Book of the Month and The Times' Children's Book of the Week. E. L. Norry, also known as Em Norry, is the author of debut middle grade spy novel, Amber Undercover. Annabelle Sami is a writer, director and performer.
She is the author of Llama Out Loud and mystery series, Agent Zaiba Investigates. Dominique Valente is fairly certain she has a Benjamin Button type of disease where you grow younger the older you get, as apart from an odd blip in her twenties where she was a journalist for ten years, she came to her senses and decided to make up stories about witches and grumpy monsters instead. She grew up in South Africa, but now lives in the UK along the Suffolk coast with her husband and their bulldog, Fudge. Joanna Williams' debut series The Lizzie and Belle Mysteries is a middle grade mystery full of daring adventure in Georgian London. Serena Patel is the author of the Anisha Accidental Detective series, winner of the Sainsbury's Children's Book Awards. Robin Stevens is the author of the much-loved and award-winning and bestselling Murder Most Unladylike series. Harry Woodgate is an illustrator and author based in St Albans.
They love making work about psychology, LGBT and queer identities, and protecting our natural world.
