Children's book author
Anna McQuinn
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ABOUT

I feel lucky to have a life 100% dedicated
to books - I write, edit, publish and work directly with young children and their families.

I'm best known as the author of the Lulu/Lola books, though I've written over 25 picture books.
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I'm also Editor at large at AlannaMax.
PUBLISHERS

In the UK, the Lulu and Zeki books are books are published by AlannaMax.


In the US, Lola and Leo books are published by Charlesbridge Publishing.

The Lulu & Zeki books are also published in Denmark by Forlaget Arvids, in Netherlands by Luister, in Brazil by Pallas in Sweden by EPIX and in Korea by Glburri.


My books are also published by Chicken-House/Scholastic, Barefoot Books, Little Tiger, Annick Press and O'Brien Press.

As well as writing, I am Editor at Large at AlannaMax (I founded Alanna Books in 2006 and the new, more exciting list has Ken Wilson-Max as Publisher.
Alanna Max publishes Lulu (illustrated by Rosalind Beardshaw), her little brother Zeki (illustrated by Ruth Hearson), Suzanne Bloom, Jakob Martin Strid, Margaret Bateson-Hill (illustrated by Francesca Pelizzoli and Anne Wilson) and a few more
beautiful, select titles.
Click here to visit the website.

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Alanna Books was shortlisted for the Independent Publishers Guild's
The Alison Morrison Diversity Award
For more see the Alanna Max website


NEWS

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NOMINATED for the Kate Greenaway Medal

Just thrilled that Rosalind Beardshaw has been nominated for the illustrations of Lulu's First Day.

See how she and her family prepare for her first day at pre-school:

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www.alannamax.com

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www.charlesbridge.com

AWARDS, reviews and other nice things
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Lulu Gets a Cat was selected for the 2018 Recommended List by Empathy Lab;
It made it to the shortlist of the
North Somerset Teacher's Book Award
Reviews are here.

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Zeki Gets a Checkup was nominated for the Kate Greenaway Medal. HUGE congrats to the amazing illustrator,
Ruth Hearson for this achievement.


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Zeki Can Swim was nominated by IBBY UK for the International IBBY's List of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities 2019. Reviews of both the US and UK editions are here.

MEDIA

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I blog and write about gender, diversity and inclusion. Read my blog or click here to read more.

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TWITTER
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I write, edit and publish books for young children.
I believe that all children should see themselves
in the stories they read, so I try to include a wide range of children and experiences in my stories.
I also believe that books should broaden children's horizons and imaginations; introduce them to new things and worlds and feelings, and help them to open up to possibilities beyond their immediate circumstances –
as the #We Need Diverse Books campaign says,
books need to be a mirror and a window...

#WeNeedDiverseBooks

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