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Rob Sears biography

Rob Sears is a writer whose published work includes humour and satirical non-fiction. He is the author of The Beautiful Poetry of Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin: Life Coach, and Choose Your Own Apocalypse with Kim Jong-un & Friends.

With his brother, illustrator Tom Sears, he co-created the illustrated book The Biggest Footprint: Eight Billion Humans. One Clumsy Giant, published by Canongate. The book won the inaugural Children’s Writing on Nature and Conservation prize at the James Cropper Wainwright Prize awards on 7 September 2022.

Sears and Tom Sears also collaborated on A Tree is a Time Machine, published by Laurence King Publishing on 25 September 2025 (ISBN 9781510231207).

This Rob Sears page was last updated on April 15th, 2026

Biography writer: Joanna Nance-Phillips

Children’s literature expert and primary school teacher with 30+ years of experience running a primary school library, teaching literacy and tutoring in the UK and abroad. Articles and reviews by Joanna Nance-Phillips

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Children’s Literature News April 2026

Last updated on April 15, 2026 by Joanna Nance-Phillips

Children’s book news for April 2026: Michael Rosen wins the Hans Christian Andersen Award, CLiPPA and UKLA shortlists arrive, and Puffin launches its new picture book list, Puffin Studio.

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