Black and white photograph of author Frank Cottrell Boyce, a smiling white man pictured driving a campervan.

Frank Cottrell-Boyce | Author

Frank Cottrell-Boyce, UK Children’s Laureate 2024-2026, is a multi award-winning children’s author, screenwriter, creative and podcaster. He has authored three widely loved Chitty Chitty Bang Bang adventures inspired by Ian Fleming’s original story.

Millions, his debut children’s novel, was awarded the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal and his books have been shortlisted for a multitude of prizes, including the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Whitbread Children’s Fiction Award, The Roald Dahl Funny Prize and the Blue Peter Book Award. Other books include Cosmic, Framed, The Astounding Broccoli Boy, Sputnik’s Guide to Life on Earth and The Wonder Brothers. Frank has enjoyed a long-standing collaboration with award-winning illustrator Steven Lenton.

As well as authoring books, Frank has written for the hit TV series Dr Who and his script for Michael Morpurgo’s Kensuke’s Kingdom won a British Animation Award. In 2012 he worked with director Danny Boyle to devise the Opening Ceremony for the London Olympics and in 2023 he launched a successful podcast with Nadia Shireen, The Island of Brilliant!, celebrating writing and illustration for children of all ages.