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Rebecca Stevens biography

Rebecca Stevens is a British children’s author and screenwriter whose career spans television comedy and writing for young audiences. Before publishing fiction, she worked as an actor and stand-up comedian and wrote for children’s television, with credits that include series such as Mr Bean, Postman Pat, Bing and Rupert Bear.

Her debut children’s novel, Valentine Joe (Chicken House, 2014), is a First World War time-slip story. It was longlisted for the Branford Boase Award in 2015 and shortlisted for regional children’s book awards. A companion novel, Rose in the Blitz, followed in 2016. In 2019 she published Lily and the Rockets (Chicken House), a historical novel about women’s football during the First World War, inspired by real teams who played while men were at the front.

Stevens has also produced an accessible retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma for Oxford University Press’s TreeTops Greatest Stories (2016), working with illustrator Briony May Smith. Alongside her books, she continues to write for children’s television.

Recent recognition includes news announced in 2023 that Lily and the Rockets is in development as a feature film.