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Range Editor — Andy Frankham-Allen has worked as an author for Big Finish, Hirst Books and Untreed Reads. As an editor he was responsible for the steampunk series of eBooks Space: 1889 & Beyond. He is now Candy Jar Books’ project editor, working primarily on commissioning and overseeing the Lethbridge-Stewart series of books, as well as providing editorial work on some of their more popular titles such as Tommy Parker: Destiny Will Find You.

Editor-in-Chief — Shaun Russell, head of publishing at Candy Jar Books, has a background in television production, marketing and journalism and has worked for ITV, Channel 5, GMTV and The Children’s Channel. He has excellent contacts throughout the media in both television and print journalism and possesses a keen commercial sensibility. Responsible for overseeing Candy Jar’s book production, he is also heavily involved in marketing their titles.

Editorial Assistants:

  • Keren Williams (Children’s Digital Assistant) has a degree in English and Creative Writing, where her passion for both children’s literature and digital media excelled. Her favourite children’s novels are J M Barrie’s Peter Pan and Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – two fiercely written novels that are timeless to her. After volunteering at the well loved children’s charity, Barnardos, Keren applied for the role at Candy Jar Books and is now heavily involved in the production of all children’s titles.
  • Will Rees is a graduate of Cardiff University with a degree in English Literature. He has a background in multi-media sales and joined Candy Jar full-time after completing a work experience placement.

Licensor:

  • Hannah Haisman on behalf the Mervyn Haisman Literary Estate.

Authors:

Novels

  • Andy Frankham-Allen (The Forgotten Son, Beast of Fang Rock, Night of the Intelligence, The New Unusual)
  • David A McIntee (The Schizoid Earth, On His Majesty’s National Service)
  • Nick Walters (Mutually Assured Domination, The Man from Yesterday, The Danger Men)
  • Sadie Miller (Moon Blink)
  • Jonathan Cooper (The Showstoppers)
  • John Peel (The Grandfather Infestation)
  • Rick Cross (Times Squared) 
  • Simon A Forward (Blood of Atlantis, Scary Monsters)
  • Iain McLaughlin (Mind of Stone)
  • Sarah Groenewegen (Daughters of Earth)
  • Benjamin Buford-Jones (The Dreamer’s Lament)
  • Adrian Sherlock (The New Unusual)
  • Alyson Leeds (Fear of the Web)
  • Robert Mammone (Rise of the Dominator)
  • Tim Gambrell (Lucy Wilson and the Bledoe Cadets)

Short Stories

  • Andy Frankham-Allen (Ambush!, One Cold Step, The Dogs of War, The Enfolded Time, Ashes of the Inferno, The Note, Of the Future, Acceptance And then Understanding)
  • David A McIntee (One Cold Step, What’s Past is Prologue)
  • Norma Ashley (Legacies)
  • Tom Dexter (The Cult of the Grinning Man, The Fright Before Christmas, The Black Eggs of Khufu)
  • Sue Hampton (In His Kiss, Lucy Wilson)
  • Sarah Groenewegen (The Lock-In)
  • Roger J Simmonds (The Band of Evil)
  • Shaun Russell (The Band of Evil)
  • Adrian Sherlock (The Playing Dead)
  • Rick Cross (House of Giants)
  • Nick Walters (The Runaway Bomb)
  • Tim Gambrell (The Bledoe Cadets and the Bald Man of Pengriffen)
  • Christopher Bryant (The Last Duty)
  • Robert Mannone (Eve of the Fomorians, Time and Again)
  • Sharon Bidwell (The Wishing Bazaar)
  • Simon A Forward (The Feast of Evans)
  • The Author Collective (Home for Christmas)
  • Shaun Collins (Slouching Towards Det-Sen)
  • Wink Taylor (The Contented Mind, As the Son Falls)
  • Mark Jones (United in Blood)
  • Harry Draper (The Cruel Oil, The War Romance)
  • Alyson Leeds (All the King’s Men)
  • Gareth Madgwick (The Great Magician and the Spirits of the Vast Deep, Inheritance)
  • Mark Carton (’48 Crash)
  • Andrew Allen (The Slow Invasion, The Bone Merchant)
  • Jonathan Macho (The Two Brigadiers)
  • Richard Dinnick (The Soothsayer)
  • James Middleditch (Piece of Mind)
  • Steven Walton (The Case of the Missing Fairy)
  • Chris Lynch (The Arcade of Doom)

Novellas

  •  John Peel (The Life of Evans)
  • Christopher Bryant (The Flaming Soldier)
  • Robert Mammone (Travers & Wells: Other Wars, Other Worlds)
  • Andy Frankham-Allen (The Lost Skin)

Lucy Wilson

  • Sue Hampton (The Avatars of the Intelligence)
  • Chris Lynch (The Curse of the Mirror Clowns)
  • John Peel (The Midnight People)

Cover Artists:

  • Simon Williams (The Forgotten Son)
  • Nathan Hudson (The Schizoid Earth)
  • Colin Howard (Beast of Fang Rock, The Grandfather Infestation, Mind of Stone, Night of the Intelligence)
  • Adrian Salmon (The Schizoid Earth, Mutually Assured Domination, Moon Blink, The HAVOC Files 2, The HAVOC Files 3, The Daughters of Earth, The New Unusual, The Lost Skin, The HAVOC Files: Loose Ends, Downtime: Children of the New World)
  • Will Brooks (The HAVOC Files)
  • Shaun Russell (The HAVOC Files 4)
  • Richard Young (The Showstoppers, Blood Of Atlantis, The Life Of Evans, The Flaming Soldier, Travers & Wells: Other Wars Other Worlds, The Lethbridge Stewart Quiz Book, A Very Private Haunting, Scary Monsters)
  • Martin Baines (Times Squared, The Dreamer’s Lament, Fear of the Web)
  • Paul Cooke (The Man from Yesterday, The Danger Men)

Cover layout, and logo designed (2014-2018) by Simon Williams. Cover layout and logo designed (2018-) by Will Brooks.