Space Oddity

Christopher Edge is an award-winning children’s author whose books have been translated into more than 20 languages. His novels The Many Worlds of Albie Bright, The Jamie Drake Equation, The Infinite Lives of Maisie Day and The Longest Night of Charlie Noon have all been nominated for the prestigious CILIP Carnegie Medal, and he has also won several awards for his children’s fiction including the STEAM Children’s Book Prize and the Brilliant Book Award. He has been described as ‘A writer of genuine originality’ by The Guardian and his latest novel, The Longest Night of Charlie Noon was selected as The Times Children’s Book of the Week and described by The Sunday Times as 'A heart-stopping adventure'. He is also the author of the bestselling How to Write Your Best Story Ever! and How To Be A Young #Writer, inspirational guides to creative writing for children and teenagers and is an experienced teacher of creative writing, running workshops for aspiring children’s authors at the Cheltenham Literature Festival and Edinburgh International Book Festival, as well as leading an online course on writing children's fiction for Writers and Artists.

Ciaran Saward was born in Essex where he was lucky to live near a public library and have parents (and a cassette player) that read stories to him. After studies in Cornwall and Germany, he has narrated more than 100 audiobooks, with warm reviews in AudioFile magazine. Ciaran has performed in bestselling audio dramas, comedy podcasts, and AAA videogames. He has also volunteered with Talking Newspapers for the blind.