Alison Tarrant is the Chief Executive of the School Library Association, and was a Bookseller Rising Star 2018. She worked as a school librarian before-hand; setting up a library in a brand new school, and during that time was on the middle management team and held roles as Gifted and Talented Co-ordinator and a form tutor. The Information Book Award is a highlight of the SLA year, and includes the all-important Children’s Choice vote. For more information please go to https://www.sla.org.uk/information-book-award