The SAS is a group of authors for children and teenagers, all of whom have been professionally published. There are about 300 of us scattered across the country, and our membership is growing all the time. We are not a centrally-organised group; more a network that shares a love of writing and books, supports each other in the difficult market of children’s publishing and counteracts the isolated nature of writing.

There are three residential SAS meet-ups per year, and members will often organise more informal lunches for local groups. In between times, members keep in touch with each other in a private online group.

We welcome new members as long as they have a contract in place with a traditional publisher or have been traditionally published in the past.

If you are looking for an author to come to your school, library or other type of event, please click on Author Visits.

Some of the SAS members contribute to a daily blog about writing for children and other things. Click on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure to see the latest pearls of wisdom!

You can also read specialised group blogs from our members and other writers for children:

The History Girls is a blog by writers of historical fiction for young people

Picture Book Den is all about picture books (writing, illustrating, and much more)

I want to join the SAS!

*NB If you have contributed towards publication of your book, whether in print or online then you will unfortunately not be eligible for membership.

These membership criteria have been set  for administrative purposes and do not imply criticism of other forms of publishing.