Lorraine Kelly is an author and one of the UK’s most popular daytime TV personalities, with her own show, ITV’s Lorraine.

Olivia Kirkby is a London-based body positive, fashion and beauty creator, who inspires her followers to achieve the same kind of self-love and confidence she has managed to achieve for herself. She has a million followers on TikTok, and over 1.5 billion views.

Having struggled with body confidence her whole life, which eventually resulted in an eating disorder, she started posting on social media in the hope to help others – and ended up setting herself free.

With her positive and uplifting outlook, Olivia is a particular lover of dressing up, getting glam, and anything pink – all whilst driving home self-love messaging throughout her content.

Laura Knowles has a background in children’s publishing and is the author of We Travel So Far, We Build Our Homes, The Coral Kingdom and It Starts with a Seed, which was awarded the 2017 Margaret Mallett Award for Children’s Non-fiction.

Kaja Kajfež graduated from University North in Croatia. She then set up her own studio, focussing on illustration, lettering and surface pattern design. Besides doing her dream job as an illustrator, Kaja loves to take long walks in nature, scroll through old picture books, listen to online concerts and spend time with her dog.

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in Bombay, India, but was educated in England. In 1882 he returned to India and worked as a journalist. While there, he created stories, sketches and poems, which made him an instant literary celebrity. The Jungle Book, published in 1894, became a children’s classic all over the world.

Simon Kuestenmacher is a rising star in data animation and interpretation. He was named one of the world’s Top 50 influencers in data science by carto.com. He is a columnist for The Australian newspaper, and reaches over 30 million people every month through his Twitter account.

Annabel Karmel is the UK’s best-selling children’s cookbook author, with over 4 million copies of her Complete Baby And Toddler Meal Planner sold worldwide. She has written over 40 books on baby, toddler, child and family food and nutrition.

Athena Kugblenu is a stand-up comedian and writer. She has written for CBBC’s Horrible Histories series, CBBC’s Odd Squad, CBeebies JoJo and Gran Gran, The Amelia Gething Complex and Swashbuckle as well as The Russell Howard Hour, Dara Ó Briain’s Time Wasters, The Lenny Henry Show among many other credits. She is the co-host of Bust or Trust?, a podcast for curious kids.

Anahita Karthik (she/her) is the Indian, queer, and trilingual author of Better Catch Up, Krishna Kumar, her debut YA road-trip rom-com slated to release in 2025 with HarperTeen. She is a soon-to-be postgraduate student at the University of Cambridge, a contributor for My Big, Fat, Desi Wedding anthology, and author of the Amazon bestselling short story All I Have Left. When she’s not reading or writing, she takes commissions for social media graphics and mentors querying authors. You can find her @ana_scribe everywhere.