Ros Asquith
Ros Asquith started out as a photographer, became theatre critic for Time Out, City Limits and The Observer before emerging as an author and Guardian cartoonist. She wrote the best-selling book, I Was A Teenage Worrier, and the Girl Writer series. The first book in her new series, Letters from an Alien Schoolboy, was published in 2010 and the second book, Cosmic Custard, is published in October 2011. She lives in North London.
Authored Books
Max the Champion
Author: Sean Stockdale and Alexandra Strick
Illustrator: Ros Asquith
Publisher: Frances Lincoln
This inclusive book is about a boy who loves sport, his friends, and school - and has a vivid imagination
Can it be About Me?
Author: Cheryl Moskowitz
Illustrator: Ros Asquith
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Exploring life in and out of the classroom, the poems in this collection explore everything from spelling tests to best friends, teachers to secrets
It's Not Fairy!
Author: Ros Asquith
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Children beware: if you say 'it's not fair' one too many times, the It's Not Fairy might just come and gobble you up.
Letters from an Alien Schoolboy
Author: Ros Asquith
Publisher: Piccadilly Press
Flowkwee is on a mission – he has to disguise himself as a schoolboy and spy on young earthlings, in order to help his father with his research
The Bad Trousers
Author: Ros Asquith
Illustrator: Mairi Hedderwick
Publisher: Barrington Stoke
Children will enjoy this cheeky tale thanks to Asquith's charming writing and Hedderwick's familiar illustrations. A lovely way to make learning to read fun.