Hannah Gold - Award Winning Author of Children’s Books

A Big Roarsome Hello! Grab yourself some peanut butter, a pot of hot chocolate and make yourself at home. I am the author of THE LAST BEAR, the winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize & the Blue Peter Book Awards 2022. My 2nd book, THE LOST WHALE won the Edward Stanford Children’s Travel Book of the Year in 2023 & my 3rd book, FINDING BEAR, a sequel to THE LAST BEAR, was an instant bestseller on release.

AND my 4th book, TURTLE MOON is out now!

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Winner of the Edward Stanford Children's Book of the Year 2023

Shortlisted for Indie Book Awards 2023

Winner of Books for Topics Children's Favourite Book - 2023

Shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Awards Children's Book of the Year Older Fiction 2024

Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize Children’s Writing 2024

Winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2022

Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2022

Shortlisted for the British Book Awards (Children’s Book of the Year) 2022

Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2022

Shortlisted for the FCBG Book Awards 2025

Growing up, Hannah’s biggest dream was to own a cat and be a writer and she’s happy to say she’s achieved both. After studying screenwriting at university she went onto work in the London film and theatre industry before following her heart to sunnier climes. She now lives in Lincolnshire with her tortoise, her cat and her husband.

Hannah is passionate about writing stories which share her love of the planet and is a proud ambassador for the Whale and Dolphin Conservation charity.

Her inspirational bestselling book, THE LAST BEAR won The Blue Peter Book Award and the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2022 and is translated into 27 languages around the world. Hannah’s second book, THE LOST WHALE won the Edward Stanford Children’s Travel Book of the Year. FINDING BEAR - a sequel to THE LAST BEAR - was a top five children’s hardback bestseller on its release in September 2023. And her new book, TURTLE MOON, is out now.

All four books are illustrated by award winning illustrator, Levi Pinfold.

For publicity, events or festivals
please contact my publicist

For school visits please check my schools page for all details.

My lovely agent is
Claire Wilson at RCW 

For film/tv/theatre
contact Emily Hayward-Whitlock
at The Partnership Agency

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