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ABOUT
I feel lucky to have a life 100% dedicated to books - I write, edit, publish and spend one day a week working 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. 
I'm also the publisher at Alanna Books.
PUBLISHERS
In the UK, the Lulu and Zeki books are books are published by Alanna Books. 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 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 also the publisher at Alanna Books where I publish Lulu, her little brother Zeki, Suzanne Bloom, Jakob Martin Strid, Margaret Bateson-Hill and a few more beautiful, select titles. Click here to visit the website. 
Alanna Books was shortlisted for the Independent Publishers Guild's
The Alison Morrison Diversity Award For more see the Alanna website |
NEWS
Just back from the Bologna Book Fair -
read about it in my Blog. Sales of the Lola and Leo books
have hit $1million in the USA. Read all about it in the Bookseller by clicking here. 
The first Lulu book, Lulu loves the Library was published in March 2016, so will be in print 10 years this year.
Lulu Loves Flowers will be published in the UK in paperback for the first time in May 2016. Click here to read the latest reviews. Click here for information about the US edition, Lola Plants a Garden. LINKS
Lulu/Lola now has a (small but ambitious) website of her own
called Booky Girl with information and activities. She also has her own Goodreads page: click to visit or get recommendations. |
MEDIA
Click to visit my Facebook page Click to follow me on Twitter Click to visit my Goodreads page I blog and write about gender, diversity and inclusion. Read my blog or click on the links below to read more. 10 inclusive children's book laws - via Barrington Stoke 2015
Ebb and flow: The advances and retreats in the battle to make children’s books more inclusive and diverse IBBY Conference, key note speech 2015 or read on my blog here On reviewing books which are marketed in a very gendered way - a response to an article in the Independent newspaper Gendered Marketing of children's books It's NOT what kids want! In Books for Keeps No. 203 - Nov 2013 Who gets to Purple Plastic Purse? Beyond inclusion in children's books In Write4Children, Vol IV, Issue II Winchester University Press Storytelling in a multi-lingual setting In Books for Keeps No 180 - Jan 2010 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... |
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