Paul Stewart is a well-established author of children’s books – everything from picture books to football stories, fantasy, sci-fi and horror. Adam’s Ark was shortlisted for the TES NASEN award. The Wakening was selected as Pick of the Year by the Federation of Children’s Books Groups.

Chris Riddell is an accomplished artist and political cartoonist for the Observer. Books he has illustrated include Something Else by Kathryn Cave, which was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Smarties Prize and won the UNESCO Award, and Pirate Diary by Richard Platt, which won the 2001 Kate Greenaway Medal. Chris is also the author and illustrator of the Ottoline series. Ottoline and the Yellow Cat won the 2007 Nestlé Children’s Book Prize Gold Award and the Younger Readers category of the 2008 Red House Children’s Book Award.

Paul and Chris first met at nursery school. Not theirs, but one their sons went to. For some strange reason, which they can’t remember, they decided to work together. Since then, they have created the Rabbit and Hedgehog books, the Blobheads series and The Edge Chronicles.

Muddle Earth is their latest creation.

‘Full of witty dialogue and wacky characters, if the excellent writing isn’t enough to fuel your imagination, then the illustrations certainly will! Bored of the rings? Try this instead!’ Sunday Times (Funday Times)

‘The point of this book is really the jokes, which nod to Fungus the Bogeyman . . . James Bond and the tale of Troy . . . Not for nothing is Giggle Glade the destination of this book’s ultimate quest’ Sunday Times (Culture)

‘Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell’s The Edge Chronicles series has built a seriously solid fan base of children and young-at-heart fantasy-fevered adults. Muddle Earth will delight them all. Vivid characters . . . weave their way through this delightful but totally mad book . . . A fantastic read . . . Muddle Earth is a funny clever, completely loony novel with wicked illustrations. Stewart and Riddell are indeed a winning team’ amazon.co.uk

‘Inventive, brilliantly illustrated novel, [it], quite literally, turns Tolkien upside down’ South Yorkshire Times

‘I laughed from cover to cover . . . an excellent book’ Donald Carrick, 12, Herald