Authors and Illustrators
We work with a wide range of talented authors and illustrators, many of whom are available for book signings, talks and special events.
You can enquire about booking our authors and illustrators for events here
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Barbara Adam
Barbara E. Adam is a retired British sociologist and academic who specialises...
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Tom Anderson
Tom Anderson lives in Porthcawl, West Wales, is the author of acclaimed...
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Mark Baker
Dr Mark Baker is an architectural historian based in Wales. He read History...
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Diane Barker
Diane Barker is a photographer and artist based in Worcestershire, England. After studying...
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Marielle Bayliss
Marielle Bayliss is an author, actress and singer with over twenty years...
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Jemma Beeke
Jemma Beeke is a published author based in Norfolk. Her first published picture...
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Tiphanie Beeke
Tiphanie Beeke is an award-winning children’s book illustrator and teacher based in the...
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Emma Bettridge
Emma Bettridge is a theatre producer and writer who has worked with...
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Josephine Birch
Josephine Birch is a print maker with a first class B.A. in Illustration...
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Anna Bruder
Anna Bruder has designed these fantastic finger games to play on your...
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Ann Bryant
Ann Bryant is the author of more than 125 books for children...
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Drew Buckley
Drew Buckley is an award-winning wildlife photographer and author whose striking images...
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Tim Budgen
Tim Budgen was born in Surrey in 1977, and is a freelance illustrator....
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Adam Buick
Adam Buick was born in Newport, Gwent in 1978. He studied Archaeology and...
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Adrian Cale
Adrian Cale is an award-winning wildlife filmmaker, cameraman, writer and naturalist who has made...
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Abbie Cameron
Abbie Cameron was raised on the farmlands of the West Country. Surrounded by...
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Paul Campbell
Paul Campbell is a London-based photographer whose clients have included Land Rover, the...
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Kate Canning
Kate Canning formed Canning Factory over 25 years ago to be the umbrella...
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James Carter
James Carter is a prize-winning children’s poet, non-fiction writer and musician based...
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Karin Celestine
Karin Celestine lives in a small house in Monmouth, Wales. In their garden...
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Billie Charity
Billie Charity is an award-winning portrait and reportage photographer who has worked closely with...
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Horatio Clare
Horatio Clare is the author of two memoirs, Truant and Running for the Hills, as well...
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Eoin Clarke
Eoin Clarke is an award-winning animator, director and storyboard artist with more...
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Dom Conlon
Dom Conlon is a poet and author with a keen interest in science...
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Frances Crickmore
Frances Crickmore is a wildlife photographer based in Norfolk. Being an avid...
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Gilli Davies
Gilli Davies is an acclaimed Welsh food writer, broadcaster and Cordon Bleu...
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Karl Davies
Karl Davies was born in Newport, South Wales. He completed a BA in...
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Nicola Davies
Nicola Davies is an award-winning author, whose many books for children include The Promise (Green...
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Glenn Dene
Glenn Dene is a South Wales based OperatingDepartment Practitioner, who works for Aneurin...
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Helen Docherty
Helen Docherty is the author of many much-loved rhyming picture books, including The Snatchabook,...
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Thomas Docherty
Ever since he picked up an Asterix comic in his local library when he...
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Hannah Doyle
Hannah Doyle lives in a small village in mid Wales with her young...
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Malachy Doyle
Malachy Doyle is an award-winning children's author with more than 100 books...
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Joyce Dunbar
Joyce Dunbar is one of Britain's most celebrated children's authors, renowned for...
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Helen Elliott
Helen Elliott is a Pembrokeshire artist and illustrator whose vibrant work...
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Mark Llewelyn Evans
Mark Llewelyn Evans trained as an opera singer at the Guildhall School...
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Catalina Echeverri
Catalina Echeverri was born in Bogotá Colombia and now lives in London with...
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Tom Ferris
Tom Ferris is a publisher, historian and author. He has written 16 books...
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Cathy Fisher
Cathy Fisher grew up with eight brothers and sisters, playing in the fields...
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Nigel Forster
Nigel Forster is a commercial photographer based at Talybont on Usk in the heart...
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John Gilbey
John Gilbey is a writer and photographer based in west Wales. His work...
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Stella Grace Lyons
Stella Grace Lyons is an art historian, writer and Arts Society accredited lecturer,...
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Angela Gray
Angela Gray opened the doors to her cookery school at Llanerch Vineyard in...
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Andrew Green
Andrew Green was the Librarian of the National Library of Wales between...
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Julia Gregson
Julia Gregson is a British award-winning writer of novels and short stories who...
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Mari Griffith
Mari Griffith turned to writing historical fiction in retirement after a working lifetime...
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Tracey Hammett
Tracey Hammett is a Welsh-born writer who shares hertime between Cardiff and London....
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Bettina Harden
Bettina Harden spent her working life as a publisher of books on art,...
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Fran Harlow
Fran has two grown-up sons and lives in Berkshire. She works as...
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Harry Holland
Harry Holland is widely regarded as one of Britain’s finest figurative artists. Born...
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Kersten Howard
Kersten Howard spent most of his childhood in the small village of Lamphey,...
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Mererid Hopwood
Mererid Hopwood was born in Cardiff. After obtaining a degree in Spanish and...
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Christopher Howells
Christopher Howells is a Cardiff-based film and television director and producer whose work...
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Julia Hubery
Julia Hubery is an author and former architect whose love of nature...
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Anastasia Izlesou
Anastasia Izlesou is a UK based freelance illustrator from Lithuania. She studied illustration...
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Cathy Jenkins
Award-winning author Cathy Jenkins is a secondary school English teacher from Swansea...
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Claire Jenkins
Claire Jenkins is an illustration graduate from Swansea, South Wales. Working in...
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Nick Jenkins
Nick Jenkins has been a practicing landscape and outdoor photographer for over 15 years,...
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Shann Jones
Shann Jones is a Pulitzer-nominated journalist and professional author with six previously published...
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Sarah KilBride
Sarah KilBride lives in the Black Mountains in mid Wales. Sarah is...
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Jason Korsner
Jason Korsner has been a BBC radio journalist since 1994. During that...
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Paul Lawton
It was almost inevitable that Paul Lawton would grow up with an...
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Miriam Latimer
Miriam Latimer is an award-winning illustrator, author and potter living on the...
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Eironwy Llewellyn
Born in 1930 in Aberystwyth, Wales, Eironwy was a free spirit and...
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Sara Llewellyn
Cardiff born Sara graduated from the Drama Studio, London in 1981 before...
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John Macfarlane
John Macfarlane was born in Scotland and studied at the Glasgow School of...
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Robert Macfarlane.
Robert Macfarlane is the author of Mountains of the Mind, The Wild Places,...
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Mariela Malova
Mariela Malova is a London-based artist, illustrator and designer from Bulgaria. Starting off...
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Lauren Marrinan
Lauren Marrinan studied Ecology at Cardiff University alongside working in scientific engagement...
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Jane Matthews
Jane Matthews studied Fine Art at The Ruskin in Oxford and Art...
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James Mayhew
James Mayhew is an acclaimed author, illustrator, storyteller and concert presenter. Best...
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Louise McGettrick
Louise McGettrick is a former children’s book author, having wrote three Middle...
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Isla McGuckin
Isla McGuckin is a writer based in rural Donegal. Her debut picture...
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Eloise McKenna
Ellie is the younger sister. She has been an art director, a...
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Charlotte Middleton
Charlotte Middleton studied Graphic Art with English and then specialised in Illustration at the...
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John Milton
John Milton’s background spans both music and engineering, and he dedicates time...
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David Moore
David Moore is an art historian, writer and former curator of Brecknock...
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Eira Morgan-Jones
Curently working as Digital Content and Marketing Manager for NHS Hampshire and...
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Jackie Morris
Jackie Morris is an internationally bestselling author, artist and illustrator whose distinctive...
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James Munro
James Munro has been drawing since he could grasp a pencil, and since...
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Will Nicholls
Will Nicholls is director of BWPA and a wildlife photographer and cameraman based in...
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Maggie Ogunbanwo
Maggie Ogunbanwo is the founder of Maggie’s African Twist, a north Wales...
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Seth Oliver
Artist Seth Oliver is a multidisciplinary artist whose work bridges art, ecology and social...
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Jamie Owen
Jamie Owen, news anchorman, radio presenter and author, was born and brought...
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Rhodri Owen
Rhodri Owen has worked in journalism, PR and online production for the BBC,...
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Howard Pearlstein
Howard Pearlstein is the author Graffeg's popular Emotions Series with Illustrator James...
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Andrew Fusek Peters
Andrew Fusek Peters is an award-winning author and one of the UK's...
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Caroline Pitcher
Caroline Pitcher is an award-winning author who celebrates through writing, like living life...
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Joanna Quinn
British animation director Joanna Quinn is a highly acclaimed and major figure...
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Julia Rawlinson
Julia Rawlinson is a writer of children’s poetry and picture books which...
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Ffion Rees
Ffion Rees has worked the waters around Ramsey Sound for over 20 years,...
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Jane Reynolds
Jane Reynolds is a farmer from Pembrokeshire who hasworked variously in catering andhospitality. Happy...
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Jason Rhodes
Jason Rhodes came to write the children’s book Imagine Eating Lemons as...
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Dr Tim Rich
Dr Tim Rich trained as an ecologist at Lancaster University and specialised in...
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Jon Roberts
Jon Roberts works in IT and lives in Swansea with his wife,...
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Michelle Robinson.
Michelle Robinson is an award-winning children's author who has written over 40 books...
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Julian Rollins
Julian Rollins is a freelance wildlife writer, journalist and editor. A Geography graduate,...
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Tamsin Rosewell
Tamsin Rosewell is an artist, historian, broadcaster and bookseller and hosted the Folk...
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Hannah Rounding
Hannah Rounding is an artist and illustrator based in Cardigan, west Wales. In...
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Nick Shepley
Nick Shepley is a Cardiff-based history teacher who has written several books, most...
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Sue Shields
Sue Shields is an artist living and working in Cardiff. She was commissioned...
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Jane Simmons
Jane Simmons is a children’s author and illustrator and the person behind the...
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Kertu Sillaste
Kertu Sillaste is an illustrator, art teacher, and picture book author. Sillaste has...
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Steve Smallman
Steve Smallman has been writing and illustrating children’s books for over 40...
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Louise Royston-Smith
Louise currently works as a designer for a London publisher. When she’s not...
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Zeb Soanes
Zeb Soanes is a children’s author and broadcaster. He presents weekday evenings on...
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David Southern
David Southern has collaborated with Peter Waller to produce three titles in the...
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Ali Stearn
Ali Stearn is the owner of Jack Brock. Together they visit care homes,...
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Professor Terry Stevens
Professor Terry Stevens is an internationally recognised tourism consultant, author and academic...
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Angie Stevens
Angie Stevens is an illustrator and mother of three based in Swansea. Angie...
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Margaret Anne Suggs
Margaret Anne Suggs is a children’s book illustrator and has published over a dozen books...
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Melita Thomas
Melita Thomas holds a Master’s in Historical Research from the Institute of...
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Kellyanne Thorne
Kellyanne Thorne is an artist and illustrator currently based in London. After...
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Tudor Times
Tudor Times is a key source for a wide variety of information about...
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Anja Uhren
Anja Uhren is a storyteller - working with images as well as words...
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Peter Waller
Brought up in Bradford, Peter Waller grew up witnessing the gradual decline of the...
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Hugh Warwick
Hugh Warwick is an ecologist, award-winning author and one of the UK's...
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Toby Watson
Toby Watson is executive chef at Outside Gourmet Catering, Llandudno, where he uses the...
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Alec White
Alec White owns and operates Primrose Hall Peonies, Westoning, Bedfordshire, a RHS Chelsea...
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Andrew Whitson
Andrew Whitson is an award-winning artist and Belfast native who likes to be...
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William Wilkins
William Wilkins is a Welsh artist who paints using a technique based on...
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Jonathan Williams
Jonathan Williams is a serial food and drink entrepreneur having established several...
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Richard Williams
Richard Williams is a Welsh author and entrepreneur whose writing draws on...
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Sophy Williams
Sophy Williams attended the Central School of Art and Kingston Polytechnic studying graphic...
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David Wilson
David Wilson is one of Wales’s best-known photographers, celebrated for his striking...
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Laura Wood
Laura Wood is originally from Treviglio, a small town in the north of...
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Circle Yuen
Circle Yuen is an award-nominated children's book illustrator and graduate of the...
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Máire Zepf
Máire Zepf is the first ever Children's Writing Fellow for Northern Ireland. Based...
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