Claire Barker’s stories about Knitbone Pepper, the lovable ghost dog (Usborne) have been published in eleven different languages. In 2017 they were shortlisted for the Sainsbury’s Children’s Fiction award and won the Book Factor, an award voted for exclusively by children. In the same year she was nominated by Devon Librarians for the prestigious Ruth Rendell Award, for the author who has done the most to champion literacy in the region. In September 2018 the first in a brand new series, Picklewitch and Jack, was published by Faber and Faber. She is a regular visitor to literary festivals, schools and libraries up and down the country and has some lovely flowery dresses to prove it. Claire is often to be found on a train, her nose in a book.
Recent Publications
- Knitbone Pepper Ghost Dog ( Best Friends Forever) - Usborne, 2015
- Knitbone pepper and the Last Circus Tiger - Usborne, 2016
- Knitbone Pepper and a Horse Called Moon - Usborne, 2016
- Knitbone Pepper and The Silver Phantom - Usborne, 2019
- Picklewitch and Jack - Faber and Faber, 2018
Awards and residencies
- The Book Factor - Voted for exclusive by children ( 2000), 2017
Current Events and Projects
- Picklewitch and Jack ( Cuckoo Cousin) - due to be published 1/8/19
