“I love starting a story and not really knowing where it’s going. For me, the magic of writing is not knowing what’s going to come out of your imagination next.”

Jo Cotterill

Based in Oxfordshire with her husband and two daughters, Jo Cotterill writes books for children and young people. She loves cheese, chocolate, monkey nuts and cake!

Before becoming an author, Jo used to write music and play the piano, flute, piccolo and violin. Jo was also an actor and one as a teacher. Although she enjoyed both careers very much, writing was where her heart lay.

Jo will be talking about her latest title Looking at the Stars, which hit the shelves last year.

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