Trish Cooke was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Her parents are from Dominica in the West Indies, so she’s “a Yorkshire lass who can speak Dominican patois”. 

Trish attended Leeds Polytechnic and Ilkley College in 1980, where she earned a degree in performing arts. After moving to London, Trish began to write for television, contributing to the BBC’s children’s program Playdays, which she presented for nine years. She has written plays and scripts for the theatre, radio and television, including Tweenies and Eastenders. In 2001/2002 she was a BBC Writer in Residence. Trish has also won many awards for her children’s books. So Much won the 0–5 category of the Smarties Book Prize, the She/WH Smith’s Under-Fives Book Prize and the Kurt Maschler Award. It was also Highly Commended for the Kate Greenaway Medal and was shortlisted for both the Sheffield Children’s Book Award and the Nottinghamshire Children’s Book Award.

Trish now lives in Bradford with her partner and their two children. 

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Books by Trish Cooke