Book description
You know when you do something that you instantly regret? Like picking
up something that doesn't belong to you, just to have a quick look at
it? Well that's how it starts for Greg. In the park, he sees it lying
there; a smooth, black oblong of glass. But as soon as he touches it,
his life is altered. Now there's a voice in his head, and everywhere
Greg looks someone is ready to die... Graham has spent his whole
career in children's publishing, firstly as a designer and Creative
Director and latterly as a journalist and author. His first published
work was a book of poetry, Seeing is Touching (Taurus Press), which came
out while he was studying Information Graphics at Harrow School of Art.
For some reason, he didn't see this as a sign of things to come and
didn't write anything else for years. Graham has worked for Marvel
Comics writing scripts (which was his storytelling apprenticeship), done
an eight year stint as a copywriter in an advertising agency (where they
pay you more for writing less) and was the Children's Editor for
Publishing News until it's closure in 2008. He has also written a number
of TV and film-related books, including SpiderMan, Wallace and Gromit,
Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and Judge Dredd. Bloomsbury have published
his critically acclaimed YA fiction, including Radio Radio, How It Works
- South Lanarkshire Book Award winner, 2005 ¬- Zoo, Tokyo - Catalan
Young Adult Fiction Award , 2009 - and Omega Place. Usborne publish his
thrillers for the 8-12 age range, including Snatched!, Kaï-ro, I Spy:
The Constantinople Caper and its sequel Mean Streets: The Chicago Caper.
Meanwhile Catnip have republished new and revised editions of the books
he wrote in the mid-90s: Strange Hiding Place, Faultline, Takedown
(previously titled Skitzo) and Playing with Phyre (previously titled
Haden's Quest). He has also written for Barrington Stoke (Bad Day) and
has a new Franklin Watts 'Edge' title - Payback - coming in September. A
regular on the festival circuit, both as a performer and Chair, Graham
also takes his workshops and talks to schools all over the country and
is a member of the Author Profile training team. He contributes author
interviews to Writeaway and Books for Keeps.
