Fiona Veitch Smith is the author of the Young David series (SPCK, 2015) and has also published detective fiction with Lion Hudson. She also lectures in journalism and creative writing. She lives in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Andy Catling (illustrator) lives in Hampshire with his two children who love to sneak into their dad’s room and draw all over his clothes! He studied at Norwich school of art where he acquired the skills to animate and digitally render his work. When Andy is not working he enjoys reading historical novels and soaking up stories and ideas.

Praise for the Young David series: A superb new series for primary-school children by Fiona Veitch Smith ... It stirred my own limp faith, let alone my three-year-old’s burgeoning spirituality.It was moving, too, to hear my child’s voice so clearly in David’s many phrases: "Dear God, why doesn’t anyone want to play with me?", or in the eager question, "Will I get a crown?" after his anointing – so well does the author understand the modern child.'

Fiona Veitch Smith is the author of the Young David series (SPCK, 2015) and has also published detective fiction with Lion Hudson. She also lectures in journalism and creative writing. She lives in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Andy Catling (illustrator) lives in Hampshire with his two children who love to sneak into their dad’s room and draw all over his clothes! He studied at Norwich school of art where he acquired the skills to animate and digitally render his work. When Andy is not working he enjoys reading historical novels and soaking up stories and ideas.

Praise for the Young David series: A superb new series for primary-school children by Fiona Veitch Smith ... It stirred my own limp faith, let alone my three-year-old’s burgeoning spirituality.It was moving, too, to hear my child’s voice so clearly in David’s many phrases: "Dear God, why doesn’t anyone want to play with me?", or in the eager question, "Will I get a crown?" after his anointing – so well does the author understand the modern child.'

Fiona Veitch Smith is the author of the Young David series (SPCK, 2015) and has also published detective fiction with Lion Hudson. She also lectures in journalism and creative writing. She lives in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Andy Catling (illustrator) lives in Hampshire with his two children who love to sneak into their dad’s room and draw all over his clothes! He studied at Norwich school of art where he acquired the skills to animate and digitally render his work. When Andy is not working he enjoys reading historical novels and soaking up stories and ideas.

Praise for the Young David series: A superb new series for primary-school children by Fiona Veitch Smith ... It stirred my own limp faith, let alone my three-year-old’s burgeoning spirituality.It was moving, too, to hear my child’s voice so clearly in David’s many phrases: "Dear God, why doesn’t anyone want to play with me?", or in the eager question, "Will I get a crown?" after his anointing – so well does the author understand the modern child.'