Empowering young change makers through collective story making!

Daniel Ingram-Brown is an award-winning, middle-grade author based in Yorkshire. His book, Bea’s Witch: A ghostly coming-of-age story (Collective Ink Books, 2021), draws on his experience as an adoptive father to highlight the challenges faced by children in care. The third book in his Firebird Chronicles series (Collective Ink Books, 2019), received the Taner Baybars award for original fiction in the field of science fiction, fantasy and magical realism, awarded by the Society of Authors, Authors’ Foundation.

Daniel works extensively in education. He has a doctorate in creative writing and education (2024) and received the Dean’s Prize for academic achievement at master’s level from Leeds Beckett University (2019). He is a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of York and has been a First Story writer-in-residence for primary and secondary schools across Yorkshire. Daniel is a consultant for story-based approaches to teaching and regularly undertakes author visits to primary and secondary schools.

Daniel’s background is in theatre. He is co-artistic director of Suitcase and Spectacles Theatre Company and a trustee for Alive and Kicking Theatre Company.

Daniel aims to use fun, engaging, creative methods to give voice to children and adults, and to grow wisdom and empathy.