Laura Dockrill
One of the hardest-working and most talented authors and poets in the country today. Laura is indefatigable. Not content with being a poet, she has her own poetry choir. Not content with releasing books of poetry and illustrated novellas, she has just put out a collection of twisted fairytales, inspired by Grimm, Dahl, fantasy, Skins, Shameless, Greek mythology and ghosts, called Echoes. She has been tearing up stages across the country for years now, she's been on ones-to-watch list for a good few too. Laura Dockrill hasn't just arrived, she's taking over.
Books
Angry Cookie
Author: Laura Dockrill Illustrator: Maria Karipidou
Publisher: Walker Books
Interest age: 4-7
Reading age: 6+
Cookie is very angry, and she’d prefer it is you just went away! Laura Dockrill’s text is brilliantly quirky and friendly, and little ones will definitely identify with Angry Cookie. It’s a perfect book for talking about emotions.
Big Bones
Author: Laura Dockrill
Publisher: Hotkey
Interest age: 12+
Reading age: 12+
Big Bones is a truly refreshing read, and Bluebelle is a wonderful, honest and utterly hilarious narrator to fall in love with. This book will make readers think about body image in a whole new way, and about the importance of self-respect.
Darcy Burdock
Author: Laura Dockrill
Publisher: Corgi Children's
Interest age: 8+
Reading age: 9+
Ten-year-old Darcy Burdock is one of life's noticers, spotting the extraordinary in the everyday and coming up with ideas for wild and wonderful stories.
Darcy Burdock: Hi So Much
Author: Laura Dockrill
Publisher: Corgi
Interest age: 9+
Reading age: 9+
Irrepressible Darcy Burdock is back in this lively sequel to Laura Dockrill's first book for children
Echoes
Author: Laura Dockrill
Publisher: HarperCollins
Interest age: 15+
Reading age: 15+
The new book from Laura Dockrill is a collection of modern-day fairytales, poems and retellings of classic stories, all with a slightly sinister edge. Reminiscent of Roald Dahl, Tim Burton and even Grimm, the stories take on a not-quite supernatural world of Dockrill's conjuring.
My Mum’s Growing Down
Author: Laura Dockrill Illustrator: David Tazzyman
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Interest age: 7-11
Reading age: 7-11
What do you do if your mum loves nothing better than complaining in restaurants and calling museum guards fruit bats? What if she makes you hold hands in the cinema, won’t stop playing on the PlayStation, has custard on her dress and insists on you telling her a bedtime story? The little boy that describes his creative, warm and often embarrassing mum is (de…