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Jenny Alexander – Jenny Alexander’s latest series, By Peony Pinker, is about a girl who lives in Cornwall (like Jenny) and is willing to try very hard to get what she wants (also like Jenny!) As an author, what Jenny Alexander wants is to have lots of different writing adventures, so she’s written all kinds of books including eight funny non-fiction books about useful stuff such as how to be happy and how to deal with bullies, bigmouths and so-called friends 
Age Range: 8+, 9-12 ♥ My Posts
Sophia Bennett - Sophia lives in London, where she loves visiting the shops and museums, and also the writing shed at the bottom of her garden. She has written theThreads series for girls who like high fashion and saving the world, and also The Look, about a girl who doesn’t want to be a model, but kind of … is. Her new book about talent shows and internet addiction, You Don’t Know Me, will be out in the summer of 2013. Age Range: 9-12, Teen ♥ My Posts
Cathy Brett - Before becoming a writer Cathy had already tried out loads of other glamourous jobs. She’s quite glad that she did because now she can draw on all her exciting experiences in the theatre, the fashion business, advertising, graphic design and travelling the world as a ‘cool-hunter’, to make her illustrated books about actors, artists, rock stars, ghosts and demons totally accurate… and awesome! Age Range: 9-12, Teen ♥ My Posts
Stephanie Burgis - Steph writes funny Regency-era fantasy adventures (magic! highwaymen! romance!) and eats far too much chocolate. (*Dark* chocolate. Mmm!) In the UK, her trilogy of books is called The Unladylike Adventures of Kat Stephenson, and you can read the first three chapters of each book on her website. Age Range: 8+, 9-12 ♥ My Posts
Jo Cotterill - Jo has been an actor, composer and teacher, but she much prefers making stuff up in books. She now writes the popular Sweet Hearts series (published by Random House) for girls and romantics everywhere. Jo likes the soap shop Lush, eating cheese and playing with her daughter. Age Range: 9-12 ♥ My Posts
Judi Curtin - In 2005, Judi Curtin took a break from writing books for adults to write a single book for children. Her 11th(!) book for children has just been published. She has written the Alice and Megan series, and Eva’s Journey. In her latest book, The Time Spell, a very modern young girl takes a trip back in time to the Titanic. Age Range: 9-12 ♥ My Posts
Susie Day – Susie lives in a boarding school with 14 stinky teenage boys – but she writes funny/happy/sad books about girls. The Pea’s Book series is for 9-12s; it’s about three unusually-named sisters and their famous writer mum. The Twice-Lived Summer of Bluebell Jones is a book about becoming a teenager – twice. That’s time-travel for you… Age Range: 9-12, Teen ♥ My Posts
Fiona Dunbar - Fiona Dunbar is the author of several books including the Lulu Baker and Silk Sisters trilogies; the first of her books featuring ghost-hunting sleuth Kitty Slade, called Divine Freaks, is out now. Despite her advancing age, Fiona spends much of her time imagining she’s approximately thirteen – much to the confusion of her children, who actually are teenagers. Incredibly, they and their dad still allow her to live with them, in North London. Age Range: 8+, 9-12, Teen ♥ My Posts
Hilary Freeman - Hilary Freeman is an agony aunt and journalist and the author of several books for teenagers, including Loving Danny, Don’t Ask, Lifted and the Camden Town Tales series. She loves Arsenal FC and pear flavour jelly beans and she once worked as a leg model. Age Range: 9-12, Teen ♥ My Posts
Maggi Gibson - Maggi eats chocolate mice when no-one’s looking. She also spends a lot of time in the hall, where her desk is, scribbling furiously into brightly coloured notebooks and chuckling to herself. She writes the Seriously Sassy series of books, and yes, Sassy is based on her own daft, opinionated thirteen year old self. Age Range: 9-12, Teen ♥ My Posts
Julia Golding – Julia Golding is the creator of the award winning Cat Royal series and a dozen other novels. She writes in many different genres – historical, fantasy, thriller – but always with an adventure at the heart. Also an author for teen readers, she publishes under the names Joss Stirling and Eve Edwards – yes it is a long story how that came about! She lives in Oxford, married with three children and one very soppy dog. Age Range: 8+, 9-12, Teen ♥ My Posts
Frances Hardinge - Frances writes fantasy books that combine adventure, mystery, an odd sense of humour and bizarre imagined worlds. She lives in Oxford and London at the same time (she doesn’t stay still much) and loves travelling, scuba diving, old houses, pizza and the unexpected. Some people believe that her personality is actually stored in her black Trilby hat, and that the person-shape beneath is just needed to transport the hat from one place to another. Age Range: 9-12, Teen ♥ My Posts
Lynn Huggins-Cooper – Lynn has worked in a bail hostel, as a marine wildlife warden, as a lecturer, barmaid and teacher, but she’s happiest when making up stories. Sometimes, she even writes them down. Lynn likes making crafts, looking for frogs and newts, and playing with her daughter and grandchildren. Age Range: 8+, 9-12 Teen ♥ My Posts
Marie-Lousie Jensen - Marie-Louise was always getting into trouble at school for reading and writing stories when she should have been doing maths or science. So she needed a job that allowed her to read lots and write stories. First she studied literature and languages so she could read books in six languages and now she writes books for teenagers. Success! Age Range: Teen ♥ My Posts
