Iqbal Hussain has been writing since he could hold a pencil. As a boy, he churned out Famous Five and Hardy Boy pastiches. In his teens, he appeared on Blockbusters, Countdown and The Crystal Maze. He studied Maths at Bangor University, then worked as a journalist for the Guardian, the Young Telegraph and the children's magazine Aquila. Originally from Blackburn, Lancashire, he lives in north London, by Epping Forest, with his partner and uber-friendly labradoodle. His debut adult novel was Northern Boy, a story about being a butterfly among the bricks. His critically-acclaimed debut children’s novel was The Night I Borrowed Time.

Funny, touching, thought-provoking . . . Richly imagined and deeply inventive

Iqbal Hussain has been writing since he could hold a pencil. As a boy, he churned out Famous Five and Hardy Boy pastiches. In his teens, he appeared on Blockbusters, Countdown and The Crystal Maze. He studied Maths at Bangor University, then worked as a journalist for the Guardian, the Young Telegraph and the children's magazine Aquila. Originally from Blackburn, Lancashire, he lives in north London, by Epping Forest, with his partner and uber-friendly labradoodle. His debut adult novel was Northern Boy, a story about being a butterfly among the bricks. His critically-acclaimed debut children’s novel was The Night I Borrowed Time.

Funny, touching, thought-provoking . . . Richly imagined and deeply inventive

Iqbal Hussain has been writing since he could hold a pencil. As a boy, he churned out Famous Five and Hardy Boy pastiches. In his teens, he appeared on Blockbusters, Countdown and The Crystal Maze. He studied Maths at Bangor University, then worked as a journalist for the Guardian, the Young Telegraph and the children's magazine Aquila. Originally from Blackburn, Lancashire, he lives in north London, by Epping Forest, with his partner and uber-friendly labradoodle. His debut adult novel was Northern Boy, a story about being a butterfly among the bricks. His critically-acclaimed debut children’s novel was The Night I Borrowed Time.

Funny, touching, thought-provoking . . . Richly imagined and deeply inventive