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Russell Julian
Originally from Derbyshire, Russell has made his way via Cambridge to North-West London where he lives with his beautiful partner and three girls in a charming cottage (30’s semi) deep in the magical Crickle Wood.
Sally Nicholls
Sally Nicholls was born in Stockton, just after midnight, in a thunderstorm. She’s always loved stories, and spent her childhood trying to make real life work like it does in books.
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Simon Puttock
Simon was born in New Zealand and dragged up all over the place. He now lives in Edinburgh with no cats, hamsters or goldfish. As a child he lived by the (warm, Caribbean) sea, and I would like to live by the (any old) sea again.
William Nicholson
William Nicholson was born in 1948, and grew up in Sussex and Gloucestershire. He was educated at Downside School and Christ’s College, Cambridge, and then joined BBC Television, where he worked as a documentary film maker.
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Alexander Fircks is in his early forties. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa, and has two sons. THE LORD OF SONG is his first novel, set in contemporary Zimbabwe.
Ian Whybrow
Before he took up writing full time, Ian Whybrow spent most of his working life as Head of English in a secondary school. He received rave reviews for the first of THE SNIFF STORIES in 1989. Since then, Sniff has appeared in four books and an equal number of BBC radio broadcasts.
