Lois Lowry's first book, ""A Summer to Die"", was published in 1977, when Lowry was a newly divorced, 40-year-old single mother. Lowry went on to publish works such as ""Anastasia Krupnik"" and ""All About Sam"". Her thought-provoking books ""The Giver"" and ""Number the Stars"" both won Newbery Medals. ""Lois Lowry"" tells the story of an author who endured hardship and even tragedy to become one of the best-loved authors for young people.

Introduces the life of Nellie Bly who, as a stunt reporter for the New York World newspaper in the late 1800s, championed women's rights and traveled around the world faster than anyone ever had.

When Jacqueline Wilson was 16, she dropped out of school, a choice that could have been devastating. Instead, she soon began writing for a teen magazine named Jackie. Married with a daughter before she turned 21, Wilson wrote crime fiction to help pay the bills. It would be years before she fulfilled her dream and authored a book for young people. After writing two books a year for more than a decade, she penned her first bestseller, The Story of Tracy Beaker, which depicted a 10-year-old writer who dreamed of the perfect family. Today, Wilson's books have sold more than 25 million copies worldwide, and she is one of the most-borrowed authors at British libraries. Read more about this celebrated author in Jacqueline Wilson.