Biography - Tessa Singh

I was born on April 12^th, 1973 in Stalybridge, Lancashire. I grew up in Manchester with my mum, dad and big brother. I’ve always loved writing stories for as long as I can remember and my parents always gave me lots of encouragement as well as plenty of fantastic books and masses of writing pads.

I used to love Fridays at primary school as you could spend the whole afternoon writing stories about anything you imagined. When I was 10 I won a creative writing competition where you could meet the author, Nina Bawden. I never got to go as I caught the measles but I do remember sitting at home thinking how amazing it would be to have a job writing stories.

After university I worked in tv and radio writing the news. I thought I wanted to write for newspapers but started to realise it wasn’t for me. I wanted to write children’s stories and work with children in primary schools.

I went back to university and have been lucky enough to teach in schools across Manchester for over twenty years. I am hugely passionate about fostering children’s love of reading and writing and am fortunate enough to have worked in Key Stage 1, 2 and Early Years.

My first book ‘Little Bob Saves the World’ was published in April, 2022. It’s the heart-warming story of a little boy who finds out something terrible is going to happen to Planet Earth, so he sets off on a brave mission to save it. Since the book launch I have been visiting schools and delivering interactive story sessions using music, props and activities to really help bring the book to life. It has been wonderful visiting different schools and meeting so many children ready to be heroes who are going to save the world.