Lou Treleaven

School Author

Lou Treleaven is the author over 40 books for children including the popular children’s chapter book series Penpals on Pluto, the middle grade series Turns Out I’m an Alien, and 11 picture books. These include The Snowflake Mistake, read on BBC’s CBeebies Bedtime Stories by Suranne Jones, Not Yet a Yeti which was dramatised by Discover Children’s Story Centre in London, and The Christmas Crumb which was turned into an animated short by Dreamscape Publishing in the US. Professor McQuark and the Oojamaflip, Letter to Pluto and Turns Out I’m an Alien were all selected for the Summer Reading Challenge, a reading initiative held annually in UK libraries.

Lou also writes for a guided reading scheme, which she finds the most challenging of all!

In her spare time she writes plays and adaptations, and is currently co-producing a musical Proposals, for which she has written book and lyrics, based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. She lives in Bedfordshire, England, with her family and two rescue cats.

Lou loves reading aloud and encouraging creativity through playful activities. She is looking forward to running workshops about plotting tales with a twist and visiting schools as part of the festival. Lou is represented by the Caroline Wakeman Literary Agency.