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Ali Pye
Ali Pye has illustrated more than 30 books, including several picture books and the Harry Stevenson young fiction series. Ali studied fashion at Central St Martin’s before taking an MA illustration at Kingston University. She lives in London with her family, two guinea pigs and the world’s greediest spaniel.
Sian Pattenden
Siân Pattenden is an author and journalist. At sixteen she was the youngest playwright at the Edinburgh Fringe festival and she has since written for Smash Hits, NME, The Face, Guardian, Word and many others. She has been one half of a band called 100% Ponies and has appeared in Doctor Who as Young Tegan (wearing a wig).
Alan Parker
Sir Alan Parker is a director, writer and producer. His feature films have won nineteen BAFTA awards, ten Golden Globes and ten Oscars. His films include Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express, Mississippi Burning, The Commitments, Evita, Fame, Birdy, Angel Heart and Angela’s Ashes. He was founding chairman of the UK Film Council and past chairman of the BFI. Sir Alan received the CBE in 1995 and a knighthood in 2002. He is also an Officier Des Arts et Lettres (France).
Alex Parsons
Alex Parsons is the author of The Lost Diary of Queen Victoria’s Undermaid and two Blyton novelisations for Collins. Alex also writes non-fiction for DK and Watts as well as screen plays, one of which Maggie goes to Hollywood is currently in production in the States.
Alex lives in St Margarets with her husband Ian and daughter Chloe. They also have two older children, Casey-Joe and Thaddeus.
Garry Parsons
Garry Parsons has previously illustrated several Egmont Banana books, including the previous book about Seamus and his ghostly friends – ‘The Football Ghosts’, ‘The Wrong Kind of Bark’ and ‘A Family Like Mine’. Garry works on magazines, newspapers, advertising, packaging and of course children’s books! The first picture book, ‘Billy’s Bucket’, Garry illustrated was nominated for the Red House Children’s Book Awards 2004 and for the Stockport Children’s Book Awards.
Tom Percival
Tom Percival studied graphic design in South Wales. His illustration career has seen him design Halloween merchandise for a major supermarket, create the character ‘Hector’ for an Aardman-animated road safety campaign and produce cover art for a number of successful children’s fiction series, including ‘Skulduggery Pleasant’. He lives in Bristol with his girlfriend, their baby son and next door’s cat.