CIARA has always written. But she started in earnest when her second child went to nursery school.

After university, Debbie Thomas worked with the BBC around England.

'Little Britain' star David Walliams has been nominated for a top children’s book prize for a second year running, it was announced today.

Bookmakers have suspended betting on the Whitbread Book Of The Year after a flood of bets for the children's entry - before anyone even knows which novel is in the running.