Lisa Rajan

I've written 33 children's books for HarperCollins, selling over 200,000 copies in the UK and 50+ countries worldwide. One of my early Tara Binns titles was nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2017.

Ten of my Tara and Dani Binns titles have been translated into Swedish. I have presented webinars for Collins International on 'STEM by Stealth', judged the Collins Big Cat national schools creative writing competition and made 40+ author visits to schools.

The Tara Binns books won a 3-star award in the STEM category of the Teach Primary Awards 2020. My books have been featured in Woman's Weekly magazine, The Sun newspaper, and on the HarperCollins YouTube channel. They have been discussed on Vanessa Feltz's and Beverley Turner's radio programmes.

I previously worked in advertising as a copywriter, and as an in-house editor for Elsevier. I spent 14 years as an elected councillor on Southwark Council (2002-2016) and served as political lead for Children's Services and Education (2008-10) and Environment (2006-08). I have written for New Scientist magazine.

I have an MSc in Science Communication and a BSc in Biochemistry, both from Imperial College, London. In my spare time, I run marathons dressed as Wonder Woman. I live in south London with my husband and three teenagers.