Authors and Illustrators
Author of the month
Jeff Kinney
Jeff Kinney is the best-selling author of the hugely popular Wimpy Kid books. The brand new Wimpy Kid book The Ugly Truth is OUT NOW!
Authors and Illustrators in the Scholastic Book Club
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Allan Ahlberg
Allan Ahlberg is one of Britain’s best-loved children’s writers and is the author of over a hundred books.
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Giles Andreae
Did you know that Giles Andreae is one of the most successful children’s authors working today – and he’s the creator of the iconic Purple Ronnie character?
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Malorie Blackman
The former Children’s Laureate is the awardwinning author of over 50 books, including the bestselling Noughts and Crosses sequence.
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Eric Carle
Eric Carle is the acclaimed author and illustrator of many classic picture books, and is best known for the much-loved The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
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Cressida Cowell
Cressida Cowell is the author of the bestselling Hiccup the Viking books, and many picture books including the award-winning Emily Brown series.
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Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl is probably the best loved children’s author ever, creator of iconic characters like Matilda, Willy Wonka and the BFG!
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Julia Donaldson
Julia Donaldson is one of the UK’s best loved authors, known for brilliant picture books like The Gruffalo, Room on the Broom and Stick Man. She was also the Children’s Laureate 2011-2013.
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Claire Freedman
Claire Freedman is the author of the best-selling Aliens Love Underpants books.
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Sue Hendra
Sue Hendra is the wonderfully funny, award-winning author and illustrator of picture books like Barry the Fish with Fingers.
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Jim Kay
Jim Kay is the illustrator of the 2012 Carnegie/Greenaway winner A Monster Calls.
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Dick King-Smith
Dick King Smith is the much-loved author of ‘farmyard fantasy’ books like the award-winning The Sheep-pig. He died in January 2011.
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Michael Morpurgo
Master storyteller Michael Morpurgo has written over 100 books for children, and has won a multitude of awards as well as serving as Children’s Laureate from 2003-2005.
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Liz Pichon
Liz Pichon’s brilliant Tom Gates series has sold well over 2 million copies, and has picked up oodles of top awards. We love it!
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Rick Riordan
Rick Riordan is blockbuster author of the best-selling Percy Jackson books, The Kane Chronicles and the Magnus Chase series.
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Michael Rosen
Michael Rosen is an author, poet and broadcaster, best known for classic books like We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. He was Children’s Laureate from 2007-2009
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Louis Sachar
Louis Sachar is an award-winning author of over twenty-one books for children, and is best known for Holes, which won the prestigious Newbery Medal.
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Axel Scheffler
Axel is the illustrator of The Gruffalo and many other favourite picture books.
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Francesca Simon
Francesca Simon is the creator of tiny terror and huge bestseller Horrid Henry!
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Kaye Umansky
Kaye Umansky has written over 100 books for children, and is best known for the Pongwiffy series.
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David Walliams
Comedian and writer David Walliams is one of Britain’s bestselling children’s authors
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Holly Webb
Holly is the best-selling author of lots of brilliant books including the Molly’s Magic, Animalmagic and Rose series.
