Taran Matharu is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author. At twenty-two, he began posting his debut teen fantasy series, Summoner, on Wattpad.com, where it went viral - amassing over three million reads in under six months and attracting coverage from NBC News. That breakout success launched his professional career, and his stories have since become a worldwide phenomenon, selling millions of copies and being translated into seventeen languages. Taran has written eleven books, including the sci-fi Contender series and his adult fantasy debut Dragon Rider, the first in The Soulbound Saga. An award-winning writer, he has received honours including Japan's Sakura Medal and France's Journal de Mickey award. Deeply committed to promoting literacy - particularly among teenage boys - Taran has worked with the National Literacy Trust and served as BookTrust's writer-in-residence.