Michael Wayne Rosen is an English children's author, poet, presenter, political columnist, broadcaster, activist, and academic, who is a professor of children's literature in the Department of Educational Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has written over 200 books for children and adults. Select books include We're Going on a Bear Hunt and Sad Book. He served as Children's Laureate from June 2007 to June 2009. He won the 2023 PEN Pinter Prize, awarded by English PEN, for his ‘fearless’ body of work.
Ewan began his career in the Royal Shakespeare Company for their production of The Merry Wives of Windsor, then spent five years with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre's youth theatre, appearing in a number of plays and musicals. He made his television debut in 2014 in BBC's Doctors. He is also a voiceover artist, narrating books for Benjamin Zephaniah, Frank Cottrell Boyce and Joanne Harris. He recently voiced Talpa, a discerning mole-like alien for Doctor Who: Maker of Demons, alongside Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred.