Author: Henrietta Branford

Adèle Geras (Author) ADELE GERAS was born in Jerusalem and travelled widely as a child. She started writing over twenty-five years ago and has published more than 80 titles. Ithaka was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Prize and the Whitbread Chirldren”s Book Award. She lives in Manchester with her husband and has two grown-up daughters and two grandchildren.Anne Fine (Author) Anne Fine is one of our most distinguished writers for children. She has written over fifty highly acclaimed books and has won numerous awards, including the Guardian Children”s Fiction Prize and both the Whitbread Children”s Book of the Year and the Carnegie Medal twice over. Anne was appointed the Children”s Laureate from 2001-3, and her work has been translated into over forty languages. In 2003 she became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was awarded an OBE. Anne lives in County Durham.Henrietta Branford (Author) Henrietta Branford was born in India in 1946 but grew up in a remote part of the New Forest. Her first novel, Royal Blunder, was published in 1990. After that she wrote many different sorts of books, from picture books to teenage novels, including Dimanche Diller (Smarties Prize and the Prix Tam-Tam) and Fire, Bed and Bone (Guardian Children”s Fiction Prize). After her death in 1997 a prize was established to commemorate her and her editor Wendy Boase – the Branford Boase Award for a first novel.Jacqueline Wilson (Author) Jacqueline Wilson wrote her first novel when she was nine years old, and she has been writing ever since. She is now one of Britain”s bestselling and most beloved children”s authors. She has written over 100 books and is the creator of characters such as Tracy Beaker and Hetty Feather. More than forty million copies of her books have been sold.As well as winning many awards for her books, including the Children”s Book of the Year, Jacqueline is a former Children”s Laureate, and in 2008 she was appointed a Dame.Jacqueline is also a great reader, and has amassed over 20, 000 books, along with her famous collection of silver rings.Find out more about Jacqueline and her books at JacquelineWilson.co.ukMalorie Blackman (Author) MALORIE BLACKMAN has written over sixty books and is acknowledged as one of today”s most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. She has been awarded numerous prizes for her work, including the Red House Children”s Book Award and the Fantastic Fiction Award. Malorie has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. In 2005 she was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her contribution to children”s books, and in 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children”s literature. She has been described by The Times as “a national treasure”. Malorie Blackman was the Children”s Laureate 2013–15.Philip Pullman (Author) Philip Pullman is one of the most highly respected children”s authors writing today. Winner of many prestigious awards, including the Carnegie of Carnegies and the Whitbread Award, Pullman”s epic fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials has been acclaimed as a modern classic. It has sold 17.5 million copies worldwide and been translated into 40 languages. In 2005 he was awarded the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. He lives in Oxford.Tony Mitton (Author) Tony Mitton is an award-winning poet, whose gently mesmerising, often humorous poetry is irresistible to both children and adults alike. He is an extremely versatile author, writing story poems and shorter verse with skill and wit. Tony does lots of author events, …