Ten top teachers turned authors
Joseph Delaney
Author of the Spooks series, Starblade Chronicles, The Ghost Prison and the forthcoming Arena 13.
Michael Morpurgo
Former Children’s Laureate and primary school teacher has written 100-plus books including War Horse.
Philip Pullman
Best known for the His Dark Materials trilogy.
Joanne Harris
Advertisement
Hide AdAdvertisement
Hide AdFormer language teacher, Joanne Harris, has gone on to win several awards for her books.
Dan Brown
Best known for The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown used to be an English teacher before becoming a best-selling author.
Eoin Colfer
Eoin Colfer gave up teaching as the first Artemis Fowl book was published.
Roddy Doyle
The Irish novelist and screenwriter used to teach English and geography. Work includes The Commitments.
Elizabeth George
Advertisement
Hide AdAdvertisement
Hide AdThe author of the Inspector Lynley series, whose next book is due out in May, used to be an English teacher.
William Golding
Best remembered for Lord Of The Flies, this former teacher won several awards including the Booker Prize in 1980 and the Nobel Prize in Literature.
JK Rowling
JK Rowling has come a long way since her days teaching English as a foreign language in Portugal. Now she is best known for creating the best-selling book series in history, Harry Potter.
*All books available at your local Lancashire library, or visit http://bit.ly/allourbooks or http://capitadiscovery.co.uk/lancashire/