Kaye is that rare thing - a truly funny writer who taps directly into children's imaginations. We published her first novel, Pongwiffy, which shot onto the bestseller lists and became a TV series. She has written countless books, poems and playscripts.
Kaye is that rare thing - a truly funny writer who taps directly into children's imaginations. We published her first novel, Pongwiffy, which shot onto the bestseller lists and became a TV series. She has written countless books, poems and playscripts.

Kaye Umansky taught in London primary schools for twelve years, specialising in music and drama, before becoming a full-time writer. Kaye is that rare thing - a truly funny writer who taps directly into children's imaginations. We published her first novel, Pongwiffy, which shot onto the bestseller lists and became a TV series, and she has since written countless books, poems and playscripts. Kaye lives in north London.