About Me

Adam Bushnell is an award winning and Amazon number 1 bestselling author of fictional and academic books. He has had over fifty books published including Descriptosaurus: Story Writing, Modelling Exciting Writing and Quests in Epica. His book of 100 Ideas for Outdoor Learning, published by Bloomsbury, won the prestigious ‘Creative Play Awards’ in 2020. He was a finalist for the ‘Education Resource Awards’ in 2023. His book The Dragon Inside Me won the Fiction Express ‘Book of the Year’ award for 2021 and Son of the Samurai won the award again in 2023.

He is a Literacy Shed author and has a series of books published with Vocabulary Ninja on comprehension skills. He is part of the UK Literacy Association writing panel. He is featured as a recommended author on the ‘Reading is Fundamental’ and the ‘National Centre for Language and Literacy’ databases. 

Adam works in the UK and internationally in both state and private education delivering creative writing workshops to all ages.

Previously a teacher, Adam also delivers CPD to teachers on how to inspire reading and writing in the classroom.

He can deliver writing workshops during his author visit to school on any curriculum topic from Stone Age to Space, but here are some basic examples of the services offered:

• Creative writing across multiple genres including: Narrative, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Character, Setting, Visual Literacy, Persuasion, Explanation, Non-Chronological Reports, Recounts, Greater Depth and more.

• Inspiring love of books and reading.

• Using stories/props/artefacts/images/websites/animations etc to inspire creative writing.

• Developing skills in individual or group oral storytelling.

• Story planning and storyboard workshops leading to finding a written voice.

• Confidence building techniques in listening, speaking and independent creative writing.