Authors

We caught up with award-winning author Meg Rosoff in advance of her appearence at The Sun Comes Out on Moon Lane Festival

We talked to Nikita Lalwani about writing The Village,her second novel, about her humanitarian work and her experiences visiting an open prison herself.

A Monster Calls, written by Patrick Ness and illustrated by Jim Kay, has become the first book ever to win both the CILIP Carnegie and CILIP Kate Greenaway Medals.

Teen queen Sarra Manning started out as a journalist for Just 17 magazine and has gone on to write numerous books for teenagers, including Diary of a Crush and Nobody's Girl. She told Katherine Woodfine about her newest book, Adorkable, and why she's still passionate about writing for teenagers after all this time...

Gavin James Bower's second novel, Made In Britain, couldn't be timelier. In the wake of the riots, everyone wants to get to the heart of just who exactly this feral underclass is, what these young people are thinking and what is their capacity for violence, love, consumerism and industry? Made In Britain addresses these issues with a prescient watchful eye that follows three very different but very trapped teenagers in an unnamed Northern town, where the only opportunities available are escape, auditioning for the X Factor or illegal activities.

Award-winning illustrator Shaun Tan answers talks about his books, whether he will be embracing digital books any time soon and shares his favourite illustrated books and illustrators with us.

Bryan Talbot wrote the impeccable Alice in Sunderland. He has been at the forefront of British graphic fiction for years.

We talk to poet and author Laura Dockrill about her new book Echoes

Joe Dunthorne, the brilliant author of a Faber New Poets pamphlet and the stunningly hysterial Submarine, is certainly an author to watch. With his whimsical style, ability to capture snapshots of popular culture with such accuracy and humour, and easy manner, he is surely one of Britain's best young authors.