Sandra Williams is senior lecturer (English) in the School of Education at the University of Brighton where her research interest is children’s literature. Initially an English and Drama teacher in London, she moved into Higher Education with an initial post in the Czech Republic, followed by Doctoral Study at the University of Worcester and Senior Lecturer posts in the Universities of Gloucester, Singapore and Brighton in which children’s literature modules were developed. Her research has two strands: emergent children’s literature and reader response with a focus on connecting textual analysis of the implied reader with readings from actual readers.