Danny Pearson

Danny Pearson lives in 'The Shire', near London, England. He is very much a child of the 80s. He was brought up on a diet of unusual cartoons and movies involving things changing into other things, or adventures set to cheap keyboard soundtracks. Mobile phones were as big as a shed and the internet was still in black and white.

He studied Art at college, which led him onto studying Art and Graphic Design at Leeds Metropolitan University. After graduating with no real clue of what to do he found a job as a children's bookseller at a Waterstones book store. This is where he rekindled his love of books (children's books in particular).

He later found a job with a book publisher and is now the Senior Editor. He has worked on over 1000 publications. His first book (Beekeeper) was published in 2010. He has since gone on to write 3Dee, Alien Eggs, Invaders, Monster Diner, Pied Piper of London, Cat Brace Face, Zombie Goldfish, Deep Trouble, Modern British Art, Action Heroes, Amazing Animals of the Rainforest, On-Screen Aliens, Movie Monsters, Space Pirate Unicorn, Amazing Animals of the Sea, Titan, The Boy Who Cried Aliens! and The Hamster Who Fell to Earth.

'I have always written about things that interest me. I was a bit of a Reluctant Reader myself when I was at school and so I like to think I know what would interest and entertain such readers. Since working at Waterstones I can't remember reading anything which wasn't a book aimed at children or young adults (which isn't a bad thing).'

Favourite quote:

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss

Twitter: @Danny_D_Pearson