Joseph Coelho, former UK Children’s Laureate, is an award-winning poet, playwright, and children’s book author who wrote this book’s companion title, Ten-Word Tiny Tales: To Inspire and Unsettle. His first poetry collection, Werewolf Club Rules, won the CLPE Poetry Award in 2015. His picture books include If All the World Were . . . , illustrated by Allison Colpoys, and Luna Loves Library Day, illustrated by Fiona Lumbers. He is also the author of the Fairy Tales Gone Bad trilogy, illustrated by Freya Hartas, and The Boy Lost in the Maze, illustrated by Kate Milner. Originally from London, Joseph Coelho now lives in Folkestone, England. Follow him on X @PoetryJoe and on Instagram @josephcoelhoauthor.
