Authors Families
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Pete Johnson
Pete Johnson used to work as a film critic for Radio One as well as for his local paper. As a critic and member of the National Film Theatre he has interviewed a number of visiting stars such as Nicholas Cage, Melanie Griffith, James Stewart and Ingrid Bergman. Although no longer a crit...
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Peter Ackroyd
Peter Ackroyd was born in London in 1949 and was educated at Cambridge and Yale universities. He was literary editor of the Spectator for several years and chief book reviewer for The Times. He has published several volumes of poetry including The Diversions of Purley. His novels include The G...
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Peter Bently
Peter Bently went to ten different schools around the world, following his dad who was an army bandmaster and director of music. He studied languages at Oxford University and then worked for a short time as a journalist before moving into editing and sometimes writing books for adults. ...
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Peter Bunzl
Children's author Peter Bunzl grew up in South London in a rambling Victorian house. His father worked in antiques and his mother was a costume designer for film and television, so he got to see movies like Roger Rabbit being made and visited TV and film sets including James Bond and Postman P...
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Peter Jay Black
Peter Jay Black loves gadgets, films, and things that make him laugh so hard he thinks he might pass out. He trained as an electronics engineer and one day, a team of super-skilled kids popped into his head. He brought them to life in a Hollywood apartment. He is now a full time writer but in...
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Peternelle van Arsdale
Peternelle van Arsdale and was an executive editor for HarperCollins, Anchor/Doubleday, Hyperion, and Putnam. Over the course of her career she edited multiple New York Times bestsellers and award-winners, and also conceived, compiled, and edited Kurt Vonnegut's posthumously published collecti...
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Philip Ardagh
Roald Dahl Funny Prize-winning author Philip Ardagh is the author of The Grunts. He is probably best known for his Grubtown Tales, but he is author of over 100 books. He is a 'regular irregular' reviewer of children's books for The Guardian, and is currently developing a series for television....
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Philip Caveney
Philip Caveney was born in 1951 in North Wales but moved home frequently while he was growing up as a result of his father being stationed at various RAF bases around the country. When his parents were stationed at a base in Malaya, Philip was enrolled at The Kings School, a boarding sc...
