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Ellis Greaves

Stories for curious minds, bright imaginations, and beautifully different ways of seeing the world.

Ellis Greaves writes children's fiction and YA novels rooted in a simple belief: every kind of mind deserves a story that makes it feel like a superpower. From laugh-out-loud maths mayhem to gripping YA mysteries where thinking differently is the greatest advantage of all.

At a glance

Funny, thoughtful, curiosity-led stories for children, young adults, and the families who read alongside them.

Books filled with imagination, humour, neuroaffirmative characters, and the quiet message that different minds don't just belong, they lead.

Children's Fiction Inclusive, funny, and full of heart
YA Fiction Neurodivergent heroes. No labels. No limits.
School & Library Friendly Built for every reader in the room

Meet Ellis Greaves

Before writing books, Ellis Greaves spent years in the classroom and it was there that the seeds of the children's fiction were planted. Teaching children across a wide range of learning profiles made one thing clear: the stories that landed best were the ones every child in the room could access, laugh at, and see themselves in.

The children's books grew directly from that experience. They take subjects that can feel daunting, maths, scale, logic, language and turn them into sources of joy and absurdity. Neurodiverse characters aren't the exception; they're the heart of the story. The humour is never at a child's expense. And the reading experience is designed to feel like a gift, not a challenge.

The YA fiction came from a different but connected question: what happens when you take a cast of characters who all process the world differently and you never once put a label on any of them? The result is a series where the neurodiverse experience isn't explained or defined; it's simply lived. Where being the person who notices what others miss, who thinks in patterns, who feels everything more intensely, turns out to be exactly the right way to be.

Across both the children's books and the YA novels, the Ellis Greaves catalogue is built around a single idea: that thinking differently isn't something to overcome. It's a superpower waiting to be recognised.

Two ages. One vision.

Distinct reading experiences, united by the same belief in every kind of mind.

Children's Fiction

Inclusive stories that make every child feel like the cleverest person in the room.

Born in the classroom

Written by a teacher who knew that the best children's stories work for every child, not just the ones who find reading easy.

Maths, science, and language made joyful

Subjects that can feel daunting transformed into adventure, chaos, and comedy that children actually want to read.

Neurodiverse characters at the centre

Stories where different ways of thinking, focusing, and noticing aren't obstacles, they're the thing that saves the day.

Humour that includes, never excludes

Warm, playful storytelling where every child in the room is in on the joke and every child feels seen.

YA Fiction

A full neurodivergent cast. No labels. And the realisation that different is exactly right.

Neurodivergence without definition

Characters who process the world differently, intensely, pattern-by-pattern, all at once, without ever being categorised or explained.

Different minds as the advantage

Stories where the ability to notice what others miss, feel what others overlook, and think in ways others can't is precisely what makes the difference.

Gripping, character-led plots

Mystery, tension, and momentum, built around young people whose inner lives are as compelling as the stories unfolding around them.

Fiction that stays with readers

YA that young adults will return to, not just for the story, but for the feeling that someone finally wrote a book that understood them.

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Read through the Ellis Greaves collection below.

THE ROWAN FIVE & WHISPERS OF ASHWYKESir Keith Wordsnot and the Sentence SymphonyThe Numskulls and the Maze of MayhemThe Numskulls and the Cake that Wouldn’t DivideBeth and the Mnemonic Nonsense of NargellouvilleThe Wetherford CodeThe Atomleys and the Kitchen ExplosionMax and the Daydream DetourBelle and the Misheard Melodies of Musical MayhemMax and the Thousand Thoughts

Why parents, schools, and libraries love Ellis Greaves

Written by a former teacher Books shaped by years in real classrooms, with a genuine understanding of what captures attention, builds confidence, and works for every child in the room.
Inclusive without being instructional Neurodiverse characters and different ways of thinking are woven naturally into the storytelling, never as a lesson, always as the story itself.
A catalogue with range From picture-book-adjacent chapter reads full of maths chaos and wordplay to gripping YA mysteries, books for every age, ability, and appetite.

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