Jon Blake, born in Mortimer, Berkshire in 1954, is the author of over sixty titles for children, young adults and adults, He is a BBC Talent award winner for radio comedy and has been shortlisted for the Children's Book Award, the Laugh Out Loud Awards and the Writers Guild Best Children's TV Script. Brought up in Southampton, he wrote his first novel in York, teacher-trained in Barnsley, became a professional author and playwright in Nottingham and moved to Cardiff in 1987, where he now lives with Natalie, their two children, and Flora the cat. His website is at www.jonblake.co.uk.
