Rachael Davis-Featherstone

DR RACHAEL DAVIS-FEATHERSTONE is a mixed-race, Black-British, multi-award-nominated author, literary agent, and cofounder of Creative Roots Studio, which helps writers and illustrators build sustainable careers. She grew up in a low-income, single-parent family and studied mathematics at the University of Oxford before receiving a master’s in English literature at the University of Surrey and a PhD in authentic representation in children’s literature at Bath Spa University. Rachael has published thirty books, ranging from picture books to commercial fiction, and her works have been translated into eleven languages.She has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, longlisted for the Diverse Book Awards and shortlisted for the Inclusive Books for Children Awards. Her debut YA Oxford Blood was The Bookseller’s Book of the Month and a Season Top 10 highlight. Rachael champions diversity in literature and was selected as Rising Star by The Bookseller. She is a non-executive director for Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society, a trustee for English PEN, and a Royal Literary Fellow at Mansfield College, Oxford.