Douglas Caleb

As a boy, Douglas Caleb ignored all the sensible books in the library and became hooked on ghost stories, strange mysteries and unexpected adventures. Raised on a steady diet of Doctor Who, C.S. Lewis, Tintin, Enid Blyton, Susan Cooper, Alan Garner, 2000AD and The X Files, he spent years filling notebooks with a feast of strange and fun ideas, and is now on a mission to write books that young readers (and their parents, because he’s had experience with bedtimes) will love to read.

Douglas lives with his wife and two sons in Colchester, UK, where life can be as weird as you want it to be. He listens to soundtrack music when he writes (and BBC 6 Music when he doesn’t), loves cooking and generally needs more shelves for his ever-expanding collection of books.

Finalist in the 2024 Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Get PDF posters of the first 4 covers in the Our Weird World series when you sign up to his mailing list via his website. Or peek behind the curtain of his world on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok!