Annabel Savery author page

Annabel Savery biography

Annabel Savery is a British children’s author and editor who specialises in non-fiction, educational books and activity titles. She previously worked in London as an in-house editor of children’s non-fiction. Her professional background also includes work for the charity Woodland Heritage.

Savery has written books covering science, geography, history and the natural world. Her titles include Mountains and Natural Resources in the Map Your Planet series, published by Franklin Watts. She also wrote Plants Save the World, illustrated by Qu Lan and published by Wayland in partnership with the Royal Horticultural Society in 2023. The book explores the importance of plants to ecosystems, wildlife and human life, including their role in providing food, medicine and natural habitats.

Her other educational publications include The Truth About Sports, The Truth About Inventions and The Truth About Survival Skills in the Fact or Fake? series. She has also contributed to Franklin Watts’ 99 Questions About history series, writing books on the Ancient Egyptians, Vikings, Maya, Aztecs, Romans and other historical civilisations.

In 2025, Wayland published Savery’s Professor Hoot’s Science Comics: Dinosaurs, illustrated by Richard Watson. The book follows an owl who travels back in time and encounters prehistoric animals, introducing young readers to dinosaurs, pterosaurs and extinction through comic-strip storytelling. The hardback was published in June 2025, followed by the paperback in December 2025.