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Julian Gough.

Writer · Ireland · b. 1966

Julian Gough: Irish author of the Rabbit and Bear early-chapter-book series (with Jim Field) — gleefully silly on top, emotionally serious underneath, for ages 5–8.

Julian Gough is an Irish author best known to children's-book readers as the writer of the Rabbit and Bear early-chapter-book series, illustrated by Jim Field, about a friendship between an excitable, slightly anxious rabbit and a slow-talking, gentle bear, set in a wood that handles big feelings with comic timing. Books include Rabbit's Bad Habits, The Pest in the Nest, Attack of the Snack, A Bite in the Night, This Lake Is Fake! and more. Gough's voice is gleefully silly, but underneath he is one of the better contemporary children's-book writers on grief, friendship and emotional honesty. He has also written adult literary fiction (Connect). A reliable early-chapter-book author for ages 5–8 with serious adult-co-reading appeal.