Hannah Gold
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Hannah Gold

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 - especially if you love animal stories with adventure and heart. On this website you’ll find details of my public events, schools visits, exciting book news & how to join my popular monthly newsletter, Bear Club.

LATEST NEWS! My newest book, THE GHOST LEOPARD, comes out in January 2027 & is available to pre-order now!

ABOUT FINDING BEAR

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

  • Shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Awards 2024

  • Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2025

  • Longlisted for the Wainwright Prize Children’s Writing 2024

ABOUT THE LAST BEAR

  • Winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize 2022

  • Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award 2022

  • Shortlisted for the British Book Awards 2022

  • Shortlisted for the Indie Book Awards 2022

ABOUT THE LONE HUSKY

  • Shortlisted for the Week Junior Book Awards 2026

  • Shortlisted for the Sheffield Book Awards 2026

ABOUT THE LOST WHALE
ABOUT TURTLE MOON
ABOUT BEAR RESCUE

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

  • Shortlisted for Indie Book Awards 2023

  • Shortlisted for the FCBG Book Awards 2025

  • Shortlisted for the Week Junior Book Awards 2025

  • Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize Children's Writing 2025

  • Official World Book Day Title 2026

 
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About Hannah Gold

 
 
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Hannah lives in Lincolnshire with her two kittens, one mischievous tortoise and her ever-supportive husband, Chris. She is passionate about writing stories which share her love of the planet and a huge cheer-leader for promoting reading for pleasure.

She is a proud ambassador for the Whale and Dolphin Conservation charity, Empathy Lab, Bookmark Reading Charity, National Year of Reading and VIP Bookclub.

 
 

Her debut, THE LAST BEAR won The Blue Peter Book Award & the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize in 2022. Her books have been translated into 28 languages around the world & sold over one million copies globally. 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 and TURTLE MOON, was shortlisted for the FCBG Book Awards, The Week Junior Awards & the Wainwright Prize. THE LONE HUSKY is shortlisted for The Week Junior Book Awards and in 2026, Hannah was a World Book Day author with BEAR RESCUE.

Her newest book, THE GHOST LEOPARD comes out in January 2026. All six books are illustrated by award winning illustrator, Levi Pinfold.

 
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Buy The Books Here

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The Lost Whale UK

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Finding Bear UK

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The Last Bear UK

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Turtle Moon UK

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The Lone Husky UK

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Bear Rescue UK

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And don't forget you can buy all of Hannah’s books from your local independent bookshop too!

Contact me

 

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

If you’re on social media,
do please come say hello:

 

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And if you want to send me a letter, then pop it in the post to:

Hannah Gold c/o HarperCollins Children's Books
The News Building
1 London Bridge St
London SE1 9GF

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Hannah's Free Monthly Newsletter Jampacked with Goodies, Competitions & More!

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