Mick Jackson

Mick’s first novel, The Underground Man, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and won the Royal Society of Authors First Novel Award. He has since written four more novels and three collections of stories. The Pearce Sisters was adapted by Aardman Animation and won a BAFTA for Best Short Animation.

His picture books have been shortlisted for the Klaus Flugge Prize, the Society of Authors / Queen’s Knickers Award and longlisted for the Yoto Kate Greenaway Medal. While You’re Sleeping (illustrated by John Broadley) was a New York Times / New York Public Library Best Illustrated Book of the year 2021.

Mick is a visiting lecturer at West Dean College, Faber Academy and Goldsmith University’s Children’s Literature: Children’s Book Illustration M.A.

Moving House (illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh) and The Sleeper Train (illustrated by Baljinder Kaur) will both be published by Walker Books in 2024.