Home Again: Stories About Coming Home From War Award-winning author by Tony Bradman (author), Jim Eldridge (author), Emily Hibbs (author), E. L. Norry (author), Bali Rai (author), and Leila Rasheed (author)

Tony Bradman is extremely well known in the world of children’s books as both a writer and reviewer. He has had particular success with books for young readers, and his best known series to date, ‘Dilly the Dinosaur’, has been in print for over 10 years. ‘Magnificent Mummies’ and ‘Mummies in Memphis’ have both sold over 50,000 copies. He has been published in Italy, Scandinavia and the US.

Jim Eldridge is the award-winning author of The Trenches, Flying Ace and Armada in the boy’s strand of the My Story series. He is also a TV script-writer for the BBC.

Bali Rai has written over forty young adult, teen and children’s books, and won multiple awards. His culturally diverse writing often pushes boundaries and tackles a variety of issues. Extremely popular in schools across the world, he is passionate about the promotion of literacy and reading for pleasure. His first novel, (Un)arranged Marriage, was published in 2001. He lives in Leicester.

Leila Rasheed writes books for children and teens. She also runs a new writer development scheme for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic writers who want to write their first novel for children, called Megaphone.