March Onward 2023

Amy Sparkes is a New York Times bestselling children's author who works with top publishers including Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, Hachette, Walker, Farshore and Scholastic. She has written over 30 books for children, including picture books likeEllie's Magic Wellies(as seen on CBeebies) thePirate Blunderbeardchapter book series, and middle-grade series,The House At The Edge of Magic. Her debut novel for adults,The Players: Act 1 - All The World's A Stageis out in July 2025.She also produces the 'Writing for Children' pages in the bestsellingWriting Magazine.She is passionate about helping developing writers and set up the Writing Magazine Children's Book Prize in association with the magazine and her agent, Julia Churchill.Alongside writing children's books, Amy writes screenplays for film and television. She currently has both an original feature film and an original TV show in development.For more information on Amy's books, visit www.amysparkes.co.uk, and information on Amy's courses and opportunities for writers: www.storygodmother.co.ukSee also: www.facebook.com/AmySparkesAuthor and www.instagram.com/sparkes_amy