Dean Hale

Shannon Hale

Katherine Halligan

Smriti Halls

Smriti Halls is an award-winning, internationally bestselling children’s author whose books include Number 1 bestseller I Love You Night and Day, T-Veg and Don't Call Me Sweet. She is published in more than 30 languages ... and counting. Her stories, sometimes fast-paced and funny, sometimes lyrical and tender, are always full of heart and speak to the child in all of us. Previously, Smriti worked at the BBC and across children’s publishing and television as a writer and commissioning editor for twelve years. Find her online at smriti.co.uk.

Jo Ham

Jo Ham is an award-winning British illustrator, artist and designer. She is also the founder of HAM and creator of Rabbit, whose joyful adventures have been spotted everywhere from the Centre Pompidou in Paris to the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.

Helen Hancocks

Cynthia Hand

Cynthia Hand is the New York Times bestselling author of several books for teens, including the Unearthly trilogy and the contemporary novel The Last Time We Say Goodbye. My Lady Jane, which she co-authored with Jodi Meadows and Brodi Ashton, was adapted into an Amazon Prime Video series.

Martin Handford

Martin Handford spent much of his childhood drawing and his earliest influences were cinema epics and playing with toy soldiers. After art college, he began working as a freelance illustrator specialising in drawing crowd scenes. Martin now gathers his inspiration from a huge variety of sources: films, visiting museums and art galleries, reading comics and books, and collecting ephemera and trivia. Gradually, from all this meticulous research, the inspiration for a picture emerges, which Martin embellishes with his own ideas to create his astonishing scenes. He is fascinated by crowds and is attracted to their vibes, patterns and details – especially humour. “I love the idea of an exciting journey that never ends, filled with colour, energy and people smiling – what could be better?” Martin Handford

Sinead Hanley