Hello, I’m Alex English!
I’ve always loved stories. As a child, I devoured Gillian Cross’ The Demon Headmaster series, Jill Murphy’s The Worst Witch and Joan Aiken’s The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. Even after I grew up I still secretly loved reading children’s books, so one day, when my baby son was sleeping, I decided to try and write one.
In 2014, after lots of attempts (and lots of failures), my first picture book, YUCK SAID THE YAK, was published. Since then I have published six more books, which have been short-listed for the Dundee Picture Book Award, chosen by BookTrust as part of their Bookstart Corner programme and selected by The Reading Agency for the Summer Reading Challenge.