Philip Reeve (Author, Illustrator)

Philip Reeve was born on 28 February 1966 in Brighton. He studied illustration at Cambridgeshire College of Arts and Technology as well as at Brighton Polytechnic (now the University of Brighton). In his early professional life, he was occupied with writing comedy sketches and various no-budget theatre shows. He is an author and illustrator ofchildren's books. Due to lack of free time, he could no more work on film or theatre like he used to and turned to writing. As a result, he published his first novel entitled Mortal Engines (2001), currently being adapted for the screen by Peter Jackson. His other notable works are Here Lies Arthur, an alternative depiction of the Arthurian legend; the Larklight series in a steampunk setting; sequels to Mortal Engines, the Fever Crumb trilogy. In recent years Philip Reeve has been collaborating with Sarah McIntyre on illustrated books, the first of the series being Oliver and the Seawigs. Lives on Dartmoor with his family; loves writing, drawing, acting and history. Reeve has produced illustrations for many books including those in the Horrible Histories and Dead Famous series.

Sources:

Profile at the Wikipedia (accessed: June 25, 2018).

Profile at the www.mbalit.co.uk (accessed: February 10, 2017).

An interview about his books for children, is available on his publisher’s site (accessed: September 20, 2018)

Another interview, on the occasion of the release of Railhead (accessed September 20, 2018)

He answers questions about his writing preferences and process (accessed Semtember 20, 2018)

The Author’s Official Website

The Author’s Blog

Bio prepared by Agnieszka Maciejewska, University of Warsaw, agnieszka.maciejewska@student.uw.edu.pl and Joanna Bieńkowska, University of Warsaw, joanna.bienkowska@student.uw.edu.pl

Margaret Simpson (Author)

Margaret Simpson writes for children and young adults. She was educated in Liverpool (Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School) and at Cambridge (Newnham College). She started writing books after she gave birth to her three children. She wrote the Dead Famous (e.g. Cleopatra and Her Asp), Horribly Famous (Elizabeth I and Her Horrible Temper, Mary Queen of Scots and Her Hopeless Husbands), Twisted Tales (Arthurian Legends, Irish Legends etc.) and other such series. She also works for television and radio.

Sources:

Profile at the goodreads.com (accessed: June 28, 2018). 

Profile at the clubs-kids.scholastic.co.uk (accessed: June 28, 2018).

Bio prepared by Agnieszka Maciejewska, University od Warsaw, agnieszka.maciejewska@student.uw.edu.pl