A library is like a giant freezer; chock-full of delicious ideas just waiting to be thawed, fused and consumed.
Each book is a frozen feast, ready to be opened and melted in the mind. Sometimes a single sentence, like a cube of ice, slides off the page… trickling truth or seeping some chilling secret.
Mrs. Eve, school librarian
John Townsend was born in Chelmsford, Essex, and discovered his enchantment with books at an early age. As a child, he wrote mini-dramas, silly poems and stories to tell the cat. Whether or not the cat wanted to hear them is another matter!
His love of hiking and the outdoors led him to become a geography teacher in Gloucestershire, writing pantomimes and plays for the annual drama productions. His first publication was inspired by his rusty old Morris Minor and, 200 books later, he is now a full-time writer. www.johntownsend.co.uk
