All Together Now

Michaela writes picture books, novels, non-fiction and poetry. She spends some of the time living in the quiet countryside and some of the time living by the breezy seaside and an enormous amount of time daydreaming, which is where so much writing starts.

She has written approximately 200 titles. Frankly, she stopped counting them some time ago…

She writes fiction, non-fiction and poetry and regularly visits schools to perform and to run story writing or poetry workshops.

A popular speaker at national and international conferences, her work includes a British Council sponsored trip to South Africa to give talks and run workshops with teachers in townships. She has also visited schools in the USA, France, Switzerland and Spain. In the UK she has spoken at: UKRA conference, Primary English conference, the University of Leicester School of Education, University of Nottingham School of Education and the Federation of Children’s Books. She has contributed to many conferences and INSETs.

I've now illustrated close to 300 books. They range from board books for babies to novels for young teenagers. I've worked with authors including Julia Donaldson, Jeremy Strong, Michael Rosen, Giles Andreae, Kaye Umansky, Kes Gray and most notably Dame Jacqueline Wilson and I've also written around 40 of my own books. I'm delighted to say that quite a few of the books have won prizes. I was the official illustrator for World Book Day in 2006 and I have a fellowship from Hereford College of Art. I'm also a proud recipient of a gold Blue Peter badge.