Claire Barker

Claire Barker's stories about Knitbone Pepper, the lovable ghost dog, are available in ten 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.

'Picklewitch and Jack' a series about a magical and wobbly friendship, is published by Faber and Faber. In 2019 it won the North Somerset Teachers' Book Award for the Best Read Aloud and also won the Surrey Library Children’s Book Award 2020. It also won the inspiRead2020 book award, selected by Nottinghamshire librarians.

Hettie Nettle’s Handbook for Hedgewitches, published in 2025 was illustrated and written by Claire. Published by Moon and Bird books, Sir Michael Morpurgo described it as "Fun, inventive…a lovely book that will be much treasured."