Alyss Thomas is a senior psychotherapist with over 30 years of experience. She is also an experienced writer who has worked as a writing coach for over 20 years. She is the author of The 1000 Most Important Questions You Will Ever Ask Yourself, and her articles and poetry have appeared in numerous anthologies. As […]
Dr Joanna North is a doctor of psychotherapy, a chartered psychologist and a chartered scientist with 30 years of experience working with children, adults, and families. In 2017, she earned the CPS Distinguished Contribution to Psychology in Practice Award for her work with adopted children. Her latest book, Mind Kind, is a simple yet effective […]
Lilian Wissink has over twenty years’ experience as a counselling psychologist. Her passion lies in assisting people to discover and realise their true potential by helping them to develop compassionate self-awareness, find new creative outlets and learn new skills. Lilian’s own creative expression has taken many forms over the years including acting, drawing, painting, photography, […]
Susanne Gervay grew up in Sydney, Australia, as the child of Hungarian refugees. It wasn't easy being part of a family that had experienced war, loss and had emigrated to a country where they didn’t speak the language. Fortunately, books were always there to bring her comfort and encouragement. As a result, her children’s books […]
What Drove You to Write Your Book? As a clinical psychologist that reads and recommends a lot of self-help books, I noticed that so many books make false promises to the reader. Specifically, books that claim that you can become anxiety-free if you follow their advice is a concern of mine. Not only is anxiety […]
Stephanie Ward is an award-winning author of sweet, unique and rib-tickling children’s books. Her latest book, Arabella and the Magic Pencil, described by Armadillo Magazine as "a truly delightful book", is a story all about the dangers of mixing sibling rivalry with magic pencils! Before deciding to dedicate herself full-time to doing what she loves […]
Pete Carter is the author of the children's book, Our Dog Benji (EK Books), a tale inspired by his family pet and written for fussy eaters everywhere. His first book for adults, This is Us - New Zealanders in our own words (Exisle Publishing) has just come out and has received rave coverage in the […]
Paul Russell is the author of three successful children's books published by our sister company, EK Books. Drawing from his experiences as a teacher, each one of Paul's books explores a different theme and tackles a common issue that children face. My Storee is a creative look at managing dyslexia. The Incurable Imagination encourages children […]
Our Author Insights series looks at successful published authors from the Exisle and EK Books family, and asks them to share their advice and experience with the next generation of writers. Today, we speak with Dimity Powell, the award-winning children's author of The Fix-It Man and At The End of Holyrood Lane. Dimity Powell writes […]
