Emma Adams author page

Emma Adams biography

Emma Adams is a children’s author whose books include picture books, illustrated nonfiction and short books for younger readers. She studied Publishing with English at Loughborough University before working on books for children.

Her nonfiction title The Great Fire of London: An Illustrated History of the Great Fire of 1666, illustrated by James Weston Lewis, was published by Wayland in 2016 to mark the 350th anniversary of the fire.

Adams is also the author of Unicorn and the Rainbow Poop, illustrated by Katy Halford and published by Scholastic. The series continued with titles including Unicorn and the Rainbow Poop Save Christmas and Unicorn and the Rainbow Poop Tales.

Who Pooed in my Loo?, illustrated by Mike Byrne, was published by Scholastic on 15 October 2020. The picture book follows a child who finds a poo in the family toilet and imagines whether a dragon, unicorn or dinosaur might have left it there.

Adams and Byrne also worked together on Unicorns Don’t Love Rainbows and The Unicorn Who Came to Breakfast. In 2025, Hachette Children’s Group published her Little Myths titles Medusa, illustrated by Erica Salcedo, and Thor, illustrated by Sam Caldwell.