Appearing
Gateshead (10th), Northumberland (11th), Durham (12th)
Author Website
www.michaelcox.info
Publisher
Egmont Children's Books
The Groan-up Years:
After working as a trainee spiv, encyclopaedia salesman, whippet wrangler and rose grower, Michael became a teacher, using his spare moments to write stories, paint pictures and hide inside other people's imaginations. In the early 1990s he won a Scholastic-Independent 'Story of the Year' award and quite soon afterwards he gave up teaching and began writing full time. Since then he's written about 30 books for children on subjects ranging from art and architecture to weirdness and horror (so, not much change there). He writes fiction and non-fiction and his books have been published in a dozen or so countries, including Russia, Brazil, Finland and Korea (although he says that translating 'knock-knock' jokes into Korean always gives him a headache.)
Home and Family:
Having failed to get past the vicious, armed border guards that patrol the Nottinghamshire countryside, Michael still lives in his home county with his wife, who is a teacher, his cat, which isn't, and various hens and ducks, which couldn't be, even if they wanted to. He's got one son, who is also an author and a journalist.
Work and Play:
Michael's spare time activities include walking to his work room, switching on his computer and frightening the postman. When he's not busy writing he's to be found jetting off on exciting, expenses paid research trips to his local library. In addition to this he loves visiting schools and talking to children about writing and fun things to do with dead mammoths. During these visits he also draws pictures, reads from his books and asks school caretakers for directions to the loo.
Recommended Reads
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Johnny Catbiscuit and the Abominable Snotmen Egmont Books 978-1405237376 Can Johnny and Felix save Londonland from the Abominable Snotmen? Snotmen have thick white fur, bad breath, purple and pink noses with poisonous glow-in-the-dark toxic snot! They love eating children and small animals. They sound indestructible except for the fact they have one huge weakness – the smell of human happiness! |
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Johnny Catbiscuit and the Tentacles of Doom Egmont Books 978-1405237383 A ton of tentacled terrors are swimming furiously towards Nothingham-on-Torrent. Will Johnny and Felix escape from Dr Septic's trap in time to battle the beasts? And will Johnny's skin go pruney after hours underwater? |
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Johnny Catbiscuit to the Rescue Egmont Books 978-1405237369 Threat to your pet? Don't risk it! Call Johnny Catbiscuit! Johnny Catbiscuit to the Rescue One day. 12-year-old Wayne is approached by Animal Protection Man, who offers Wayne the chance to take over from him in saving animals from terrible fates. From now on, Wayne Bunn will be known as Johnny Catbiscuit! And there's no time to lose, because the evil Doctor Septic has imprisoned many cute, fluffy and helpless animals in his laboratory. So off Johnny goes to get the baddies, with a biff and a bash and a natty line in Lycra outfits. Can he save the day? |
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Johnny Catbiscuit and The Stolen Secrets Egmont Books 978-1405237390 Something is wrong in the Realms of Normality. Superheroes everywhere are failing on their missions. Johnny and Felix know something is up - and who's behind it! It's time for a purrfect plan. |