We have been lucky to have the following authors visit us recently. Click each photo to find out more about the authors.
Lesley Howarth is the author of many fiction books written about quite 'hard', technological subjects from a human, or 'feeling' point of view. Her books are titled Map Head, The Flower King and Mister Spaceman.
Josh Lacey has written several children's books under the pseudonym Joshua Doder. He worked as a journalist, a screenwriter and a teacher before publishing his first novel. His children's books are about a dog called Grk.
Philip Reeve first worked as an illustrator and contributed to several books in the Horrible Histories and Murderous Maths series. He has written the Mortal Engines quartet of books and a steam punk series called Larklight.
Julie Hearn used to be a journalist but now writes historical fiction. Her titles include Follow me Down, The Merrybegot, Ivy, Hazel and Rowan the Strange.
Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore are ex-teachers who have written series such as Action Dogs, Mad Myths, Challenger and I-Heroes. These are mainly interactive stories.
Tim Bowler has worked in forestry and teaching before writing many books for teenagers. Amongst which are River Boy, Blood Child and the Blade series.
Alex Scarrow used to be a rock guitarist and then became a computer games designer. This led him to write the Time Riders series of science fiction books.
Helena Pielichaty's latest series of books are about a girl's football team and their antics – Girls FC. She has also written the series After School Club.
David Heathfield is an international storyteller and tells stories from the world's oral cultures with passion, skill and a belief in the power of storytelling to bring people together.