My own writing

Fiction

For adults and teenagers, I am the co-author of Kitty & Mary, an epistolary sequel to Pride and Prejudice with the novelist Julia Gray (published by Andersen Press in September 2026).

“An utter delight for Janeites, Bridgerton fans and new teen readers alike” Gita Ralleigh

Non-fiction

For children, I am the author of a forthcoming guide to world folklore, and a biographical collection of Great Britons: 50 Amazing People Who Have Called Britain Home, illustrated by Sara Mulvanny, which was published by Nosy Crow in 2021. For Nosy Crow, I have also written Great Elizabethans: HM Queen Elizabeth II and 25 Amazing Britons From Her Reign, a special paperback published to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

“This illustrated volume of 50 lively and engaging biographies demonstrates the breadth of precious contributors to our Britishness, from Boudicca to Malorie Blackman, Mo Farah to Robert the Bruce.”
-Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times

“From the creators of Great Britons comes the incredible story of Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year reign, told through the stories of 25 diverse Britons.”
-Fiona Noble, The Bookseller

For Ladybird, I have written The Big Book of the UK, a non-fiction guide to the United Kingdom for 5+, illustrated by the brilliant Louise Lockhart.

big book uk cover
“The topics are delightfully irreverent, including a guide to the nation’s cheese, a tour of bookish Britain, a field guide to magical creatures and a whole page of rude place names. Lockhart’s vibrant, energetic art is a joy to pore over” Fiona Noble, The Bookseller

 

I have also written The Ladybird Big Book of Slimy Things, a comic-style voyage through a museum filled with hagfish, snails, slimy-coated sloths and man-made slime! It’s illustrated by Binny Talib, and is a Very Bright Green.

 

The Ladybird Big Book of Slimy Things
“A great book for children who love facts, slime, animals, science and all manner of weird and wonderful things” Booktrust

Poetry

My poetry for children has been widely anthologised, appearing in A Poet for Every Day of the Year, Space Poems, Cosy Poems, Poems for Eight-Year-Olds and Heroes and Villains, among others. 

For adults, I’m the author of two collections of poetry. My first collection, The Women Left Behind, is a series of dramatic monologues from the perspectives of women left stranded or abandoned in canonical literature. Published by Dempsey and Windle in 2019, it’s illustrated by the Greenaway-winning artist Chris Riddell.

 

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“Rapunzel’s witch; Blodeuwedd, who was shaped from flowers; and Romeo’s Rosaline, among many others – English literature forgot them, closed the door and turned away. Now at last we have their voices: wry, lamenting, vengeful, witty, bright, magnificent” Hilary McKay’s Best Books of 2019, The Guardian

My second collection, Strange Sons, Dangerous Daughters – Four Branches of the Mabinogi, also illustrated by Chris Riddell, is published by Broken Sleep Books (2026), and revisits the magic, cruelty and transformation of the medieval Welsh epic.

 

“Imogen Russell Williams’ brilliant new re-telling (re-dreaming) of the Mabinogi grips, fascinates and unsettles. In its snap-cutting between perspectives, voices and species, in its sanguineous bites and vivid visions, and in its branching, antlered form, it somehow finds a way to breathe in the ancient and exhale the modern. Strange, eerie and animate, it morphs and metamorphs on the page and in the mind.”
   — Robert Macfarlane