Philip Reeve is a bestselling British author and illustrator.
Before becoming an illustrator he worked at a bookshop for several years. He provided cartoons for many books including those in the
Horrible Histories and the
Murderous Maths series and wrote the
Buster Bayliss series of books for young readers, which currently includes
Night of the Living Veg,
The Big Freeze,
Day of the Hamster, and
Custardfinger.
His first book for older readers was the bestselling
Mortal Engines; the first book in the
Mortal Engines Quartet, which also includes
Predator's Gold,
Infernal Devices and
A Darkling Plain. The books are about the lives of two young adventurers, Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw, who live in a lawless post-apocalyptic world inhabited by moving cities. He is also the author of a
Dead Famous book,
Horatio Nelson and His Victory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Reeve
