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Laura Dockrill.

Writer · United Kingdom · b. 1986

Laura Dockrill: British author and performer behind the Darcy Burdock chapter books and Grey (with Lauren Child) — performance-led, slightly subversive UK children's writing for ages 4–12.

Laura Dockrill is a British author and performer born in 1986, best known for the Darcy Burdock middle-grade illustrated-chapter-book series and the picture book Grey (with Lauren Child on art) about anxiety and emotional weather. Dockrill's voice is bright, performance-led, slightly subversive, closer to spoken-word poetry than to standard children's-book writing. She has also written YA novels and adult memoir about postpartum psychosis. A reliable contemporary UK author across formats for ages 4–12, particularly important to emotional-literacy and mental-health-aware shelves.