Explore our interviews with authors of books for children, ranging from early years to young adult. The interviews were all carried out by members of the Children’s Literature Special Interest Group from 2012 to 2017.
Interview with William Nicholson
William Nicholson is a screenwriter, playwright and novelist. His novel…
Interview with Tracey Corderoy
Tracey Corderoy is an award winning children’s writer who has…
Interview with Tony Mitton
Tony Mitton is a widely anthologized and popular children’s poet,…
Interview with Theresa Tomlinson
Theresa Tomlinson spent her early childhood in various places in…
Interview with Susan Price
Susan Price is an English author of children’s and young-adult…
Interview with Stewart Ross
After teaching at various institutions in Britain, the United States,…
Interview with Steve Skidmore
Steve Skidmore and his writing partner Steve Barlow are known collectively…
Interview with Sally Grindley
Sally Grindley began writing in 1984 while she was working for…
Interview with Rachel Rooney
Rachel Rooney trained as a special needs teacher and currently works…
Interview with Pauline Francis
Pauline Francis was a teacher and librarian before becoming a…
Interview with Paul Dowswell
Paul Dowswell specialises in historical fiction and information books for…
Interview with Mick Manning and Brita Granström
Mick Manning and Brita Granström are well known by teachers…
Interview with Mary Hooper
British children’s and young adult author Mary Hooper was born…
Interview with Marie-Louise Jensen
Marie-Louise Jensen is an author of historical fiction for young…
Interview with Marcus Sedgwick
Alongside a 16 year career in publishing Marcus Sedgwick established…
Interview with Marcia Williams
Margaret Mallett last interviewed Marcia for an article entitled ‘Marcia…
Interview with Liz Kessler
Liz Kessler studied English at Loughborough University, then took a…
Interview with Kevin Crossley-Holland
Gabrielle Cliff-Hodges interviews Kevin Crossley-Holland What advice do you think…
Interview with Julia Jarman
Award-winning author Julia Jarman has written over 60 books for…
Interview with Julia Golding
Julia Golding’s first novel, The Diamond of Drury Lane, won the…
Interview with John Rice
John Rice is a poet, storyteller, writer-in-education, and photographer who…
Interview with Joan Lingard
Joan Lingard has written novels for both adults and children.…
Interview with Jeremy Strong
Jeremy Strong has published 77 children’s novels. After university he…
Interview with Jennifer Donnelly
Jennifer Donnelly writes historical fiction for young adults and children.…
Interview with Jan Pienkowski & David Walser
In your new Bible story collection In the Beginning you and David…
Interview with James Carter
James Carter is a children’s poet, guitarist and educational writer.…
Interview with Ian Whybrow
A former teacher, Ian Whybrow has been publishing children’s books…
Interview with Gillian Cross
Gillian Cross won the 1990 Carnegie Medal for her book Wolf and…
Interview with Gill Lewis
Before she could walk, Gill Lewis was discovered force-feeding bread…
Interview with Geraldine McCaughrean
Award-winning author Geraldine McCaughrean has been writing for children for…
Interview with Frank Cottrell Boyce
After studying English at Keble College, Oxford, Frank Cottrell Boyce…
Interview with Elen Caldecott
Elen Caldecott’s debut novel, How Kirsty Jenkins Stole the Elephant,…
Interview with Darren Shan
Darren Shan’s first children’s book, Cirque du Freak, which he’d written as…
Interview with Chris Bradford
Chris Bradford is the author of the award-winning Young Samurai…
Interview with Caroline Lawrence
Caroline Lawrence studied Classics at Berkeley, where she won a…
Interview with Berlie Doherty
Berlie Doherty is an English novelist, poet, playwright and screenwriter.…
Interview with Anthony Browne
Marcia Williams, the well known children’s author and illustrator of…
Interview with Alan Gibbons
Alan Gibbons has been writing children’s books for seventeen years.…
