Sam has written more than thirty books including the UNDEAD PETS
series published by Stripes, the STELLA & THE NIGHT SPRITES series
published by Scholastic Branches, the SCREAMING SANDS trilogy
published by Catnip, picture book DO NOT WASH THIS BEAR published
by Egmont, and BUMBLE THE BRAVE KITTEN published by Macmillan. Sam
was longlisted for the UKLA award for her 2009 novel BILLY ANGEL,
published by A&C Black/Bloomsbury. Sam’s picture book STAR IN
THE JAR, illustrated by Sarah Massini, published in January
2018.
Sam is a passionate advocate of improving literacy in schools. She
runs several book groups for primary school children, challenging,
inspiring and supporting creative writing and a love of
reading.
Loretta won the Waterstone’s ‘Picture This’ competition in 2012 and
has since illustrated numerous picture books including Beauty
and the Beast by Michael Morpurgo, A Monster's Moved
In by Timothy Knapman and the Sky Private Eye series
of picture books by Jane Clarke. Loretta has also illustrated
several young fiction titles including the Dougal Daley series
written by Jackie Marchant. She lives in London with her
husband and pet hamster, Torben Redbeard.
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