Carol Diggory Shields

Author of Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp and Baby's Got the Blues.

Patrick Dillon

Patrick Dillon is the author of two highly acclaimed history books for adults: The Last Revolution and The Much-Lamented Death of Madam Geneva, and his first book for children, The Story of Britain, tells the complete story of the British isles, right up to the present

Laura Dockrill

Emma Dodson

Emma loves to be busy. She has been working as a freelance writer/illustrator for 10 years. She has written and illustrated childrens’ picture books, produced images for magazines, greetings cards and giftwrap. For 14 years she has also worked for film and TV, producing props and art work. Emma also teaches on Illustration BA at University of Westminster.

Berlie Doherty

Elys Dolan

Elys Dolan makes picture-books about everything from seagull detectives to capitalist bunny rabbits and weasels plotting world domination. She was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Weasels and the Branford Boase for Knighthood for Beginners, and won the inaugural STEAM Children's Book Prize for How the Borks Became and the prestigious Lollies Prize for Mr Bunny's Chocolate Factory. Museum Mystery is the third book in Elys' series about Rex, Dinosaur in Disguise. She is also a lecturer on the MA in Children’s Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. Elys lives in Cambridge.

Angela Dominguez

Tommy Donbavand

Tommy Donbavand (1967–2019) was born in Liverpool and worked at a number of careers including actor, theatre producer, storyteller and writer. His two non-fiction books for children, Boredom Busters and Quick Fixes for Bored Kids, helped him become a regular guest on radio stations around the UK. Tommy was one of the writers for the hit CBBC series Planet Cook and an author of over 100 books for children and adults. His best-loved children's fiction series, Scream Street was adapted for television and broadcast by the BBC. To find out more about the Scream Street series, visit www.screamstreet.com

Martin Dorey