Joseph Coelho

Joseph Coelho was awarded the Waterstones Children's Book Prize for Poetry and the CLiPPA Poetry Award for his collection "The Girl Who Became a Tree." He also served as the Children's Laureate from 2022 to 2024.

While primarily known for his children's poetry, Joseph Coelho also writes picture books for younger readers and has published novels for middle-grade audiences, demonstrating a range across different age categories within children's literature.