Mark Griffiths

Mark Griffiths grew up in North Wales. At age 17 he sold his first comedy material to Radio 4. At 18 he was writing for Smith & Jones on BBC 1. He co-created and co-wrote BBC Radio Wales's political sitcom The Basement with Cai Ross. He's written several stage plays: The Lullaby Witch, The Impossibility Club, The Queen of Horror, and the acclaimed WE APOLOGISE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE about Douglas Adams - as well as one for BBC Radio 4: Leona Cash, and was one of the writers on Charlie Brooker's TV series and book TV Go Home. To date he has written five children's books: four novels: Space Lizards Stole My Brain!, Space Lizards Ate My Sister!, Geek Inc: Technoslime Terror and The Impossible Boy, plus the picture book: The Burp That Saved The World (illustrated by Maxine Lee-Mackie). All are published by Simon & Schuster. He studied philosophy at the University of Reading. His interests include tea-drinking and natural history. He lives in Manchester and is mostly found in charity shops. His web site is www.markgriffithsbooks.co.uk and you can find him on Twitter: @markgriffiths42 Mark also writes the SPY TOYS and SPACE DETECTIVES books for Bloomsbury under the name Mark Powers.