I wrote my first book The Story of Life on evolution after searching in vain for the story (rather than a text book) of evolution for my two girls, then at primary school. So I unexpectedly became an author… with co-author and science teacher Steve Williams. Our series now includes The Story of Space, The Story of People, The Story of Inventions and The Story of Climate Change. I now spend most of my time researching, writing, and imagining nonfiction stories for children.
I studied ecology before working with Greenpeace for many years on wildlife issues, focusing on sea turtles and other endangered species. Fascinated by nature and particularly the power of words, I studied journalism and became editor at the Natural History Museum in London where I wrote summer exhibitions. I have also worked with the Body Shop, Amnesty, the New Economics Foundation and many other organizations on strategic communications for social and environmental change.
Now living close to the Welsh hills, I write hoping to encourage children to get involved in protecting our natural world. I am a proud Patron of Reading for my local school and visit schools around the UK. I absolutely love what I do and embrace the endlessly fascinating, collaborative journey of working with scientists, subject experts and the incredible illustrators and publishers who bring my ideas to life.
Books in order of publication:
The Story of Life – 2015
Elliot’s Arctic Surprise – 2015
The Story of Space – 2017
10 Reasons to Love a Turtle – 2017
10 Reasons to Love an Elephant – 2017
10 Reasons to Love a Bear – 2018
10 Reasons to Love a Penguin – 2018
10 Reasons to Love a Lion – 2018
10 Reasons to Love a Whale – 2018
The Story of People – 2019
How Colour Works – 2020
50 Reasons to Love Endangered Animals – 2020
Red Alert! 15 endangered animals fighting to survive – 2020
The Story of Inventions – 2020
Pocket Manual SPACE – 2020
The Boy and the Pangolin – 2020
ECO WARRIOR Understand, persuade, campaign, change, act! – 2020
Beautiful Blue Planet – 2020
The Story of Climate Change – 2021
Invisible Nature A secret World Beyond Our Senses – 2021
The Sea Swallow and the Humpback Whale – 2021
Fourteen Wolves – 2021
A Turtle’s View of the Ocean Blue – 2021
LET’S SAVE ANTARCTICA: Why we must protect our planet – 2021
LET’S SAVE THE AMAZON: Why we must protect our planet – 2021
What Jobs Could YOU Do? – 2021
WATER – 2021
LET’S SAVE THE GREAT BARRIER REEF – 2022
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