Dan Walker

Dan Walker is a children's author and the creator of Sky Thieves, Desert Thieves and The Light Hunters fantasy adventure stories. His books have been nominated for the Brilliant Book Award, the Reading Rampage Award, the RED Bok Award, the Salford Children's Book Award and the Derbyshire Schools Book Award, and have been translated into multiple languages around the world.

Dan was born in Derby, UK, where he spent his childhood being dragged up and down the hills of the Peak District, frantically hammering away at computer games and raiding his cousin's bookshelf for anything with a colourful cover. He now lives in Nottingham with his wife and his one-year old son.