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Clare Chambers is the author of six adult titles, published by Century/Arrow. She won the 1998 Romantic Novel of the Year with Learning to Swim.

Steven Camden is a leading spoken-word poet, performing as Polarbear. He also writes radio plays, teaches storytelling in schools, and was a lead artist for The Ministry of Stories.

You can find out more about Steven at www.facebook.com/stevencamdentheauthor and you can also follow him on twitter at @homeofpolar.

Lauren Child burst on to the children’s books scene in 1999 and has since published many bestselling and award-winning books, including those featuring the hugely popular Charlie and Lola, and the Clarice Bean series. She has won numerous awards including the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal and the Smarties Gold Award. Her books have been made into an award-winning TV series and have sold in many languages with runaway success.

Louis Catt is Vivian French’s pseudonym for all her mass-market fiction.

Trish Cooke has written seventeen books for children including So Much, which won the Kurt Maschler Award, the Nestle Smarties Book Prize and the She/WH Smith’s Under Fives Book Prize. She was a presenter on the BBC’s children’s television programme Playdays for eight years. She has acted in and written plays for theatre, radio and television, both for children and adults.

Trish lives in Bingley, West Yorkshire.

Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll (1832–1898), was an English writer, mathematician, logician, deacon and photographer. He is most famous for his timeless classics, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. His work falls within the genre of ‘literary nonsense’, and he is renowned for his use of word play and imagination. Carroll’s work has been enjoyed by many generations across the globe.

Born in Bath, Sophie has a BA in Creative Writing and MA in Writing for Young People from Bath Spa University. Her debut series, Scarlet and Ivy was reviewed as “A true page-turning, nail-biting mystery” by The Guardian Children’s Reviews. Now working as a full-time writer, Sophie lives with her husband and daughter in Wiltshire.

Rowan Coleman has been writing books for adults and children since 2002 when she won Company Magazine’s ‘Young Writer of the Year.’ Her books for adults include The Times Bestsellers The Accidental Mother and The Baby Group. Rowan is currently writing the Ruby Parker series for girls, featuring child star Ruby Parker who is just like any other thirteen-year-old girl – except she is famous. Rowan lives in Hertfordshire with her husband, young daughter and a standard poodle called Polly.

Lisa Clark is an author, editorial director of lolasland.com, freelance writer, youth market consultant and Mizz life coach.

Lisa currently lives in a pink palace by the sea, where she watches romantic comedies and eats chocolate cake. A lot.