Hannah Gold worked in the film and magazine industries before taking time out to pursue her dream of writing. The Last Bear, published by HarperCollins Children's Books, is her middle-grade debut which became an instant classic and international bestseller on release in 2021. It has won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Story, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Younger Readers and Overall Children's Book of the Year, and was shortlisted for the British Book Awards Best Children's Book of the Year, nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal as well as being The Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week. The Lost Whale is Hannah’s second middle-grade novel which tells an incredible story about the connection between a boy and a whale and the bond that sets them both free. It won the Stanford Travel Writing Award for Children's Book of the Year in 2023. Both novels are illustrated by renowned artist Levi Pinfold. She lives in Stamford, Lincolnshire with her tortoise, her cat and her husband.

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Website: www.hannahgold.world

Books in order of publication:

The Last Bear (2021)

The Lost Whale (2022)

Finding Bear (2023)

Turtle Moon (2024)