Joseph Coelho

Joseph Coelho, OBE, is a multi-award-winning children’s author and playwright. His YA ‘story told in poems’ The Girl Who Became A Tree was shortlisted for the 2021 Carnegie Medal and received a special mention from the Bologna Ragazzi Award 2021. He has written plays for Little Angel Theatre, Tutti Frutti Productions, Polka Theatre and The Unicorn Theatre amongst others. He is two-time winner of the Indie Book Awards, and his poetry collection Werewolf Club Rules (illustrated by John O'Leary) won the 2015 CLIPPA Poetry Award. He won the 2024 Carnegie Medal with The Boy Lost In The Maze (illustrated by Kate Milner) and was Waterstones Children's Laureate 2022 - 2024. www.thepoetryofjosephcoelho.com