Julia Jarman (born 28 March 1946) is a British author of books for children of all reading ages and ability.
After her youngest daughter, Mary, gave birth to her first grandson, Theo (born 10 June 2001), she started to write picture books for infants.
Mary had two more children after Theo called Maya (born 30 September 2003) and Lois (born 12 December 2005), which made her write more picture books including Big Blue Train, Big Yellow Digger, Class Two at the Zoo, Class Three All at Sea and Ants in Your Pants.
It will tour the UK in 2014 following a week-long run at Half Moon beginning 31 January.
[needs update] Three of her novels, Hangman, Peace Weavers and Ghost Writer, have been nominated for the Carnegie medal.