Joseph Coelho

Joseph Coelho is a playwright, poet, award-winning children’s author and the Waterstones Children’s Laureate for 2022-2024. Joseph’s poems have been featured in many anthologies such as Green Glass Beads by Jacqueline Wilson and his own debut poetry collection, Werewolf Club Rules, earned him the CLiPPA Poetry Award in 2015. Joseph has also written the picture book series, Luna Loves, and the middle-grade, Fairytales Gone Bad series. Most recently, his book, The Girl Who Became a Tree, was shortlisted for the 2021 CILIP Carnegie Medal.