Matt Oldfield is the author of the Unbelievable Football series (winner of the 2020 Children’s Sports Book of the Year) and the Johnny Ball: Football Genius series, as well as the co-author of the bestselling Ultimate Football Heroes series, Play Like Your Football Heroes and Ultimate Cricket Superstars. He recently worked with Lioness Beth Mead on her children’s book, Roar, which won the 2024 Children’s Sports Book of the Year award. To date, his books have sold over a million copies worldwide. In association with his writing, Matt also teams up with schools and organisations such as The National Literacy Trust and The National Football Museum to deliver football-based literacy workshops. For any event enquiries, please contact Matt at oldfield.matt@gmail.com.

Emily Stead has loved writing for children ever since she was a child herself! Working as a children’s writer and editor, she has created books about some of football’s biggest stars, teams and tournaments for many a season. When she’s not writing, you can probably find her watching from the sidelines at her youngest son’s matches or attempting to play the beautiful game herself in Yorkshire.

Tom Palmer is the author of 58 books for children, including six prize-winning WWI and WWII novels and four football series, Roy of the Rovers, Football Academy, Foul Play and the Soccer Diaries. He works in schools up and down the UK promoting reading for pleasure through football. www.tompalmer.co.uk

Charlotte Browne has worked as a journalist for a number of publications from The Independent to Prima. She has also written for a variety of organisations within the non-profit and charity sector. In 2017 she co-wrote the childhood memoirs ‘Free Boots and Back-to-Backs’. She is the author of four books in the Ultimate Football Heroes series. In 2019 she co-wrote an anthology, ‘Breast Cancer and Me: Inspirational Stories of Living With and Beyond Breast Cancer’ for Asda’s Tickled Pink campaign. She probably couldn’t write or live without music and loves playing her favourite songs on piano.