UK Children’s Authors
A list of (mainly) UK children's authors (picture book, middle grade, YA, fiction and non-fiction) - part 1
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@sineadohart.bsky.social
She/Her/Sí/Í; children's author, podcaster (shows.acast.com/storyshaped), dormant medievalist. linktr.ee/sinead.ohart. Rep: Clare Wallace. Art: Manuel Sumberac. Free Palestine.
@lucyfarfort.bsky.social
Kidlit Illustrator/Author based in Newcastle UK. SCBWI & SOA member. FAB Prize 2017 winner. Rep'd by Ash Literary. Picture book - In Our Hands, Jhalak Prize shortlisted & Little Rebel Awards longlisted.
@garethpjones.bsky.social
Writer of books, composer of musicals, performer of performances, occasionally EP of TV. Listen, I'll pretty much do anything for the right price. I'll clean your car windows if you're paying & I have access to a damp cloth.
@jamesharris.bsky.social
Children’s author. Monster hunter. Mentor for Writers’ Block North East and BFI Academy Teesside. Extremely unreliable narrator. theUnbelievableJamesHarris.com
@tomnicoll.uk
Award Winning Children's Author (Little Tiger and Macmillan) There's Nothing Faster than a Cheetah out now. Agent: Jodie Hodges (United Agents)
@patricknessbooks.bsky.social
Author of Chaos Walking, Monster Calls, More Than this, Burn, Different For Boys. Won a couple Carnegies and an Olivier. Four wins away from an EGOT.
@jonathanemmett.com
📚 Children’s author and paper engineer. 🕸️ Website & Blog: jonathanemmett.com 🌱 Green. Humanist. Board gamer. 🌍 Dismayed by our generation’s indifference to climate breakdown. 🇬🇧 Based in Nottingham, UK.
@mglnrd.bsky.social
Author who loves beetles, birds, trains, history and the muppets. Posting about author-y book-y nature-y stuff. Use my website for ALL enquiries: www.mgleonard.com She/Her Agent: Kirsty McLachlan
@alastairc.com
Author: 🚀OrionLost 🤖Adam2 🐲OneHungryDragon 🐉DragonStorm 🐺#IAMWOLF out now! 🪝#REEK out now! Rep: https://www.rupertcrew.co.uk. He/him. Likes biscuits. More: https://alastairc.com/links #KidLitUK
@gill-lewis.bsky.social
Children’s author - wild scribbler - trying to protect seals and seabirds in local bay from disturbance
@sophiecameron.bsky.social
Author. Next: A FLASH OF NEON (Little Tiger, May 25). Rep: ASH Literary
@piudg.bsky.social
Writing words in Paris | SECRETS OF THE SNAKESTONE 🐍💎l https://linktr.ee/piudasgupta Paris 16eme 🇫🇷🇮🇳🇬🇧
@afsteadman.bsky.social
Sunday Times & NY Times bestselling author of the SKANDAR series 🦄 published by Simon and Schuster (she/her) Type 1 diabetic. Rep: Sam Copeland, RCW
@meltaylorbessent.bsky.social
✨ Children’s Author: The Christmas Carrolls & Race To Imagination Island 🖥️ Authorfy Director / Host of ‘Write for Fun’ on YouTube 💌 info@meltaylorbessent.com
@jennywritemoore.bsky.social
A writer of two halves. Children's/YA books published by Maverick, New Frontier and ZunTold. Psychological thrillers published by HQ, Harper Collins, writing as Jennifer Moore. https://jennifermoore.wordpress.com
@christopheredge.bsky.social
Award-winning author. 0.4% potassium. Books include ESCAPE ROOM, BLACK HOLE CINEMA CLUB and the forthcoming ESCAPE ROOM: GAME ZERO. “A writer of genuine originality.” The Guardian https://rb.gy/l2ynyx
@amdassu.bsky.social
Award-winning, former World Book Day author | Carnegie Nom x3 | Books: BOY,EVERYWHERE | FIGHT BACK |BOOT IT | KICKED OUT and 12 others from pb - teen | PublishersWkly⭐️, ALA Notable Book, a Guardian & Kirkus & Booklist BOOK OF THE YEAR Instagram: @a.m.dassu
@thomastaylor.bsky.social
Author of Malamander, and the Eerie-on-Sea Mysteries. Secret new book on the way…
@bendavisauthor.bsky.social
Author of the Carnegie nominated THE SOUP MOVEMENT and the LENNY LEMMON series. And other stuff. Remember to breathe. https://linktr.ee/bendavisauthor
@lilybailey.bsky.social
Dyspraxic writer with OCD & MS. Loves: dogs, books, tea, crafts, horror films, being cosy 🐾🍁 📚WHEN I SEE BLUE, WHEN I FEEL RED, Hachette Children’s https://linktr.ee/lilybailey?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=24905c65-9be7-445a-9044-e0ad31548915
@stevenlenton.bsky.social
-Author/illustrator of fun, magical books! -Wicked obsessive 💚 -Podcast host 'Studiomate Steve' -Collaborating with geniuses Rachel Morrisroe, Andy Day, Tracey Corderoy, Helen Docherty and laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce!
@hannahgold.bsky.social
Multi-award winning children’s author. The Last Bear, The Lost Whale, Finding Bear & Turtle Moon. Yes. I love animals! Big nature fan & in my own small way, am trying to make a difference.🐻❄️🐳🐻❄️🐢
@racheldelahaye.bsky.social
Childish writer. 🇬🇧 + 🇦🇺. Carnegie-nominated. Rep: @agentalicewilliams.bsky.social My type on paper YA: Splinters 🪞 Electric Life ⚡ MG: Day of the Whale 🐋 Mort the Meek 🐦⬛Little Animal Rescue School talks / workshops KS1-KS3 www.racheldelahaye.com
@hsnorup.bsky.social
Children’s author of 💚🧚 THE CHANGELING CHILD 💙🧚 INTO THE FAERIE HILL 🥢👻 THE HUNGRY GHOST ❄️⛷️ THE MISSING BARBEGAZI @PushkinPress | #SCBWI | Reader | She/Her | first name: Helle | 🇩🇰 in🇨🇭via 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇸🇬🇦🇹 www.hsnorup.com
@tiafisher.bsky.social
Writer for children, eater of chocolate, library worker. CROSSING THE LINE (Hot Key Books, 2023) Shadower's Choice Carnegie Medal 2024. Upcoming NOT GOING TO PLAN (2025) and OPERATION DOODLEBUG (2026) #MAWFYP She/her tiafisher.com, repped by Eve White.
@jacobsw.bsky.social
I write books, mostly #kidlit. My most recent book is WHAT ROSA BROUGHT. It's the true story of my mother's escape from Nazi-occupied Vienna. He/him. https://www.jacobsagerweinstein.com
@gabriellekent.bsky.social
Writer - Knights and Bikes, Alfie Bloom. Co-creator of Rani Reports (as Gabrielle Shewhorak) and Tiffany Aching’s Guide to Being a Witch with @rhi.bsky.social. Former game developer/lecturer. Agent- @Hannahlitagent.bsky.social
@swapnahaddow.bsky.social
Children’s author working with Scholastic, HarperCollins, Magic Cat, Faber&Faber, Macmillan, Hachette. Writes for Oxford University Press as Swapna Reddy. Represented by Millie van Grutten at RCW Literary Agency. She/her. Aotearoa NZ. swapnahaddow.co.uk
@melindasalisbury.com
Athos in the streets. Aramis in the sheets. Porthos in the skeets Author. https://linktr.ee/melsalisbury Buy me a coffee! https://ko-fi.com/melindasalisbury Fix your hearts or die she/her
@fleurhitchcock.bsky.social
Author of crime for kids. Murder at Wintertide latest in a long line of titles with @nosycrow.bsky.social Wed to a 'Sperimental archaeologist. West Country UK Expert Children's Bookseller - she/her. #kidlituk @AgentKateShaw.bsky.social
@whatsfsaid.bsky.social
Author of the Varjak Paw books, Phoenix and TYGER! I also write about children's books & all things connected - libraries, literacy & reading for pleasure. http://www.sfsaid.com/
@naturalistdara.bsky.social
20 ~ autistic ~ award winning author of ‘Diary of a Young Naturalist’ and the ‘Wild Child’ series ~ Nature Nerd and biology student ~ University of Cambridge. He/him 📍Co Down / Cambridge https://daramcanulty.com/
@maisiechanwrites.bsky.social
🏆 Winner of the @JHALAKPRIZE & @BRADFORDBOASE for Danny Chung Does Not Do Maths 🐯 Tiger Warrior author 🔎 Very Merry Murder Club author Screenwriter @bbcwritersroom Scottish Voices. Lit Rep: @chloeseager https://linktr.ee/MaisieChanWrites
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen' Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth' Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA
@ianeagletonauthor.bsky.social
He/him Children’s author, dad, former teacher of 13 years 🏳️🌈 Contact: ian@thereadingrealm.co.uk Agent: Neil Dunnicliffe at Spring Literary
@sarahmcintyre.bsky.social
Artist, illustrator and writer of children's books, based in Devon. You might know my Grumpycorn picture books, or the Adventuremice series with my co-author Philip Reeve: jabberworks.co.uk/books / Adventuremice.com / youtube.com/@jabberworks
@dansantat.bsky.social
NY Times bestselling children's book author of Beekle ('15 Caldecott) A First Time for Everything ('24 National Book Award) Creator Disney's The Replacements
@jamiesmart.bsky.social
I make comics. Bunny Vs Monkey, Looshkin, Megalomaniacs, Flember, Fish Head Steve, Max And Chaffy, and Super Duper Bunny League coming to Nickleodeon in 2024!
@louiestowell.bsky.social
Writer/illustrator of the LOKI: A Bad God's Guide books, Writer of Otherland & The Dragon in the Library. https://louiestowell.com. No terfs. Many fluctuating fandoms incluing BtVS + Doctor Who. This feed isn't for kids.
@kitdewaal.com
Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Henry Allen. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
@nnedi.bsky.social
*THE* Naijamerican PhD-holding, World Fantasy, multi-Hugo, Nebula, Eisner Award-winning, New York Times bestselling rudimentary cyborg writer, nnedi.com
@peterbunzl.bsky.social
Bestselling UK Children’s author writing about clockwork, hope and magic. #COGHEART etc. New book #GLASSBORN out now! 🏳️🌈 (he/him)
@ellemcnicoll.bsky.social
ND. Bestselling author and award winning screenwriter. Agent: Lauren Gardner. Winner of Blue Peter Award & Overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize, 21. Emmy nominated #AKindOfSpark streaming on BBC iPlayer now! https://linktr.ee/ellemcnicoll
@simonjamesgreen.bsky.social
Author & screenwriter. Boy Like Me, Finn Jones Was Here, Gay Club!, Heartbreak Boys, and more! www.simonjamesgreen.com
@mostlybooktalk.bsky.social
A podcast about children’s and YA books for teachers and librarians. Interviews with authors and also anyone doing interesting reading for pleasure activities, plus lots of book talk. #kidlitUK www.mostlybooktalk.com