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Nick Abadzis

Nick Abadzis is a comic artist and scriptwriter for Marvel comics, as well as an illustrator of children's books. He has had various graphic novels published and cartoon strips serialised in magazines... (see full profile for more)
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Giles Andreae

Giles Andreae is the award-winning and bestselling author of Rumble in the Jungle, Giraffes Can't Dance and The Lion Who Wanted to Love. Giles is also the creator and voice behind Purple Ronnie. He li... (see full profile for more)
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Catherine Anholt

Catherine has illustrated many books in collaboration with her husband Lawrence. They are both highly regarded in the UK and abroad as a successful author/illustrator team, and have had their books tr... (see full profile for more)
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Laurence Anholt

Laurence Anholt has written over seventy books, many in collaboration with his wife Catherine. They are both highly regarded in the UK and abroad as a successful author/illustrator team, and have had ... (see full profile for more)
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Dawn Apperley

Dawn Apperley has written/illustrated many books for children over the last five years. Her commercial style has strong appeal for the core picture book age group. She is the creator of the super-succ... (see full profile for more)
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Ronda Armitage

Ronda Armitage, who grew up in New Zealand, has written many titles for children including the Lighthouse Keeper books. She has been a teacher and then a Family Therapist working for both NCH and NSPC...
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Bernard Ashley

Bernard Ashley is one of the top writers for teenagers today. Drawing on his experience as a headteacher in a South London school he writes exciting, hard-hitting stories for the young adult reader p... (see full profile for more)
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Alex Ayliffe

Alex Ayliffe is a well-known children's book illustrator, whose distinctive papercut illustrations have great child appeal. Her board book Boo Barney won the Sainsbury's Baby Book Award.
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Russell Ayto

Russell was born in Chichester, Sussex and bought up in Oxfordshire. At school he loved both drawing and sciences and once thought about becoming a zoologist. He has worked in a medical laboratory an... (see full profile for more)
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