Our Writers

Many writers have volunteered to be part of our writers' pool. Among them are:

Candace Allen

Neil Arksey
Jake Arnott
Paul Bailey

Simon Beckett

Richard Benson
Mark Billingham

Terence Blacker

Tony Bradman
Bill Broady
Christopher Brookmyre
Melvin Burgess
Stephanie Calman
Anne Cassidy 
Aidan Chambers 

Horatio Clare

Zizou Corder (Louisa Young)

Martina Cole
Joolz Denby 
John Dougherty
Siobhan Dowd 
Josephine Feeney 
James Flint
Vivian French
Susan Gates
Jamila Gavin 
Alan Gibbons 
Chrissie Gittins 
Pippa Goodhart

Julia Green
Joanne Harris 
Tony Harrison
John Hegley
Nigel Hinton

Anthony Horowitz
Lesley Howarth
Mark Hudson
Pete Johnson
Mike Jubb
Jackie Kay

Hanif Kureishi
Lindsay Mackie
Lindsay Macrae
Graham Marks

Alexander Masters

Anthony McGowan

Dave McKean
Deborah Moggach
Michael Morpurgo
Millie Murray
Beverley Naidoo

Andrew O'Hagan

Will Pearson
Phillip Pullman

Neil Rollinson
Malcolm Rose
Meg Rosoff
Rosie Rushton
Alexei Sayle

Kamila Shamsie

Darren Shan
Dorothea Smartt
Cherry Smyth
Helen Smith
Matthew Sweeney
Colin Thubron

Andy Tooze

Hazel Townson

James Watson

Lee Weatherley

Alex Wheatle

Neil White
Jacqueline Wilson

Louisa Young (Zizou Corder)

Gary Younge

If you need to know more about any of our writers, please contact simon@englishpen.org. Many writers have their own website, which we hope to list here in time. Meanwhile you will easily find information about their books on www.amazon.co.uk.

If there are any writers you would like to be on the list, again please let us know on simon@englishpen.org, and we'll do our best.

Similarly, if you are a writer and would like to join our programme, do not hesitate to contact us.