The People's Author

Who will be The People's Author?

Read extracts from the finalists' stories below:

• Billy Brown I'll Tell Your Mum by Bill Brown
• A Field Full of Butterflies by Rosemary Penfold
• Rocking Horseman by Anthony Dew
• Life with the lid off by Nicky Hodgkinson

Read extracts from the shortlisted stories below:

• All Teachers Great And Small by Andy Seed
• Kicking The Habit by Eleanor Stewart
• It's All Happening In Married Quarters by Michelle Watts
• He Walks With a Measured Tread by Tony Gilks
• The Donut Girls by Geri Lambert
• Life at Jericho by Jan Davey
• Backalong at Dimpsy by Kate Lord Brown
• Matron's Law by Joan Woodcock
• All Creatures of God and Queen by Beverly Thompson
• Playing it by Ear by Sylvia Birchall
• Trust me, I'm an antiques dealer by David Stiles
• Failed air hostess - a good start! by Anita Mays