Authors

Carolyn Barraclough is an experienced author and teacher trainer. She has a BA honors degree in English and French from Bristol University. She also holds a Post-Graduate Certificate of Education from Bath University and a TEFL certificate. Her special interests are motivating young teenagers and maximizing memorability - vaues which are reflected in Activate! 

Carolyn taught EFL in Greece and the UK for many years before moving into EFL publishing. She then worked as an educational consultant and editor for a variety of countries, and has had the chance to meet many tireless and dedicated teachers and listen to their views on what makes a good coursebook. 

Now based near Oxford, Carolyn has two teenage children who keep her on her toes and influence her choice of potential text material. She also has a dog who helps keep her fit and a husband who keeps her sane.

Suzanne Gaynor has been involved in EFL for over twenty years. She has taught in the UK, Germany and Spain and ran her own language school in Mallorca, Spain for three years with her brother. She first dipped into publishing several years ago when she worked on the award-winning, online resource site, Campus for Macmillan in Oxford.

Suzanne has also worked as a consultant for Dorling Kindersley on language learning packs for children. Activate B1 was Suzanne's first book for Pearson and she co-wrote the student book and workbook. She has just finished writing for Pearson's Top Secret series for younger learners and will shortly begin writing for Activate A2.

Suzanne also enjoys writing materials for online learning and has recently become a contributor to Teachitworld.com. Most importantly, Suzanne believes in maintaining a foothold in the classroom and regularly takes on classes - she says it's the students that inspire her to write her own materials.

Megan Roderick first taught EFL in the UK and has since spent 25 years teaching and writing in Greece, where her wide experience of teaching students of all ages and abilities has informed her writing of teaching materials. She is the co-author of the exams course for teenagers, Activate! B1+ and has previously authored a range of EFL publications, including secondary grammar courses and Michigan ECCE and ECPE exam practice books.

Her particular interests are the use of grammar in spoken English, the process of conveying meaning through humor, and using cartoon stories and dialog to bring the language alive.