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Where I write

Children's authors tell us about the writing spaces they've created
  • Ryan Graudin map

    The nomadic writer: when the world is your desk

    For YA author Ryan Graudin, travelling is an essential part of the creative process. Who needs a desk when there’s a book to write and the world to explore?
  • Shaun the sheep at Aardman headquarters

    Where I Write: Robin Etherington

    Robin Etherington, one half of the comics duo the Etherington Brothers and author of Monkey Nuts and Long Gone Don, shows us inside the old banana warehouse crammed full of Wallace and Gromit gems where he works his magic…
  • Marcus Sedgwick

    Marcus Sedgwick: where I write

    Come with Marcus Sedgwick as he takes us on a dizzying photographic blog tour of where and how he wrote his new book The Ghosts of Heaven. It all starts in his shed…
  • Nicola Davies

    Nicola Davies: where I write

    From watching pigeons in her study in Abergavenny to a canoe in the Amazon: Nicola Davies can write everywhere and anywhere: as long as it is not too noisy…

  • Liz Kessler where I write 2

    Liz Kessler: Where I write

    Liz Kessler, the author of the popular Emily Windsnap series and the new Has Anyone Seen Jessica Jenkins?, heads up to the attic or off to the beach to find her creative haven

  • Kes

    Gill Lewis's top 10 birds in books

    The author of Sky Hawk and Scarlet Ibis reveals her top 10 feathery friends in stories and non-fiction – plus, take a sneak peek inside the gorgeous treehouse where she writes!

  • Lauren St John Max the cat

    Lauren St John: Where I write

    The author of the Laura Marlin Mysteries and One Dollar Horse reveals the secret to her writing space - and it looks suspiciously furry!

  • Jane Ray - Where I write

    Where I Write: Jane Ray

    The author and illustrator of The Emperor's Nightingale and Other Feathery Tales reveals her answer to the hustle and bustle of London: a shed at the bottom of the garden...

  • Victoria Eveleigh - where I write

    Where I Write: Victoria Eveleigh

    The author of Joe and the Hidden Horseshoe and Joe and the Lightning Pony lives on a busy farm, so it's difficult to find a quiet place to write where people (and animals) can't find her!

  • Do you think this commuter has just heard the news? London bus and tube fares will reportedly rise by 4.2% in January.

    Phil Earle: Where I write

    The author of Heroic and Saving Daisy reveals where he does all his writing – and it's probably not where you'd expect…

  • Francesca Simon's Horrid Henry bookshelf

    Francesca Simon: Where I write

    The Horrid Henry author lets us peek into her writing space and reveals how it gets messier and messier the further she gets into a book

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