Hello, I’m Lucy Reynolds! An author, poet and book creator with a love of nature and conservation

Growing up on a small farm in Somerset, I developed my love of nature roaming free in the great outdoors. This fascination with all things wild drew me to study the two great noticers of nature, Thomas Hardy and G.M. Hopkins, for my PhD in nineteenth century poetry, read at Oxford University. 

From academic research I pursued a career in publishing, thought leadership and project management before launching a career in children’s books.  

Today, I write, teach and co-direct my own children’s publishing company with illustrator partner, Jenna Herman. I also co-direct the Stepping Into Stories Kids’ Lit Fest in London, with fellow creatives Mo O’Hara, Margaret Bateson-Hill and Hayley Byfield. Through this work I love to unlock the potential of children and communities to achieve amazing things together…

I hope you’ll enjoy exploring my website and discovering how we might work together.

Lucy x

“Captivating, enthralling and humorous, Lucy had a wonderful way with the children”
- Librarian, Longacre School

“A favourite for the shelf!”
- Waterstones Newnham

“Lucy has a rare ability to lead, and bring together, teams of diverse people”
- Chair, Herne Hill Forum

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Fab fun today with two fantastic children’s book creators @tibolota & @camillacauthor, as part of the Stepping Into Stories ‘Write Club’. We are so grateful to our funders at The Walcot Foundation for their support of this progr
Children can LEARN empathy 💕 And the books they read are vital to this. Hot off the press from @empathylabuk, the 2024 #readforempathy list is packed with books that help children to understand other people’s feelings and experiences, and expl
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Day 3 @stories_fest and it’s an absolute whopper! Hundreds of school children have fantastic author/illustrator events ahead with @lawrencepatrice @erikadraws @heyyouitsme_steve_webb @marielle_bayliss @alexwheatle @violawangstudio @karenowenwri
A BRAND NEW CHILDREN’S BOOKSHOP is launching in Herne Hill this week, as the official partner for the Stepping Into Stories Kids’ Lit Fest! 🙌 Led by award-winning children’s author/illustrator, Frann Preston-Gannon @frann.pg and bu
10 months after Hitler annexed Austria, my Grandpa, Herbert Heller, aged 10, fled to England on a Kindertransport train. His brother, Kurt, aged 8, journeyed with him. Neither knew where they were going or spoke any English. Their names made it onto
Things are flat out @stories_fest HQ as we prepare for the 5th annual Stepping Into Stories Kids’ Lit Fest to launch next week! (Gulp). The delivery team is small but mighty: just four female co-directors, who head up the funding, programming,
A writing day today so post-it notes are my friend! I’m trying to pin down the structure for an historical middle grade, and it’s proving a tricky jigsaw. But my shiny golden mug from @thegeacademy is a cheerful reminder of all the other
Delighted to feature in such a beautifully birdish selection of children’s books 🎉🦜🙏 Thank you so much @the_picture_book_prof & @mrsbrownsbookbox for including Parrots in your fantastically feathery and wonderful list! 🙌🦜💕🙏📚 #Repos