Alex Shearer

Alex Shearer was born in Wick in the north of Scotland, and now lives in Somerset. He has written for television, radio, film and the stage and is the author of many books for children, including the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize shortlisted The Speed of the Dark. Several of Alex’s novels have become films and TV series, all over the world; his novel Bootleg was adapted for television by the BBC and became both a manga comic and a full length anime film in Japan, under the title Chocolate Underground. His books have been translated into many different languages.