Harry Woodgate

Harry Woodgate (pronouns: they/them) is an award-winning author and illustrator. Their books include Grandad's Camper, Grandad's Pride, Timid, Little Glow, Shine Like The Stars, My First Baking Book and The Very Merry Murder Club. Grandad's Camper, their debut author-illustrator title, won the Waterstones Children's Book Prize Best Illustrated Book in 2022 as well as a Stonewall Book Award Honor from the American Library Association, then went on to win Children's Illustrated Book of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2023. It was also shortlisted for the inaugural Polari Children's & YA Prize, and was nominated for the CILIP Yoto Kate Greenaway Award. Harry is passionate about writing and illustrating diverse, inclusive stories that inspire children to be inquisitive, creative, kind and proud of what makes them unique.