Jen Campbell

Jen Campbell grew up in the north east of England and now lives in London. She an award-winning poet and bestselling author of twelve books across nonfiction, fiction and poetry.

Her books for adults include The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night, The Girl Aquarium, The Bookshop Book, and the Sunday Times bestselling Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops series. Her picture book trilogy Franklin and Luna, and her middle-grade book The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers, are published by Thames & Hudson. She has won both an Eric Gregory Award and the Jane Martin Poetry Prize, and her books have been translated into twenty languages. She has two new titles forthcoming in 2023: Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit and Marceline: Defender of the Sea.

Jen has worked in the publishing industry for over fifteen years, initially as a bookseller, and now as a freelance editor, content creator and disability advocate. She reviews books online, in print and on the radio. Jen runs a Youtube channel where she talks about books, the history of fairy tales, and the representation of disability and disfigurement. She also offers online writing workshops and editorial services, and she gives talks at schools, publishing companies, universities and book festivals on a variety of topics. www.jen-campbell.co.uk

She is represented by Charlie Campbell at Greyhound Literary.