Joseph Coelhois a performance poet and playwright. His debut poetry collectionWerewolf Club Ruleswon the CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award 2015. As well as poetry, he also writes plays, picture books and non-fiction. His collectionOverheard in a Tower Blockwas published by Otter-Barry Books in 2017 and was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal and shortlisted for the CLiPPA.The Girl Who Became a Treewas published in hardback in 2020 and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal and won the Bologna Ragazzi Award for Poetry. The follow-up,The Boy Lost in the Mazewas published by Otter-Barry Books in October 2022. Joseph is a staunch ambassador for Britain's straitened public libraries. He lives in Kent. Joseph became the Waterstones Children's Laureate in 2022.
www.thepoetryofjosephcoelho.com.