Jonathan Meres
Jonathan Meres left school at the age of 16 to join the merchant navy and spent the next 7 years sailing around the world. Since then he has worked as an ice cream van driver and in Harrods, got a band together, appeared in a pop video and been a stand up comedian. He's won a Time Out Award for Comedy and been nominated for The Perrier Award at The Edinburgh Festival. He began writing full time in 1994: his bestselling World of Norm series is a comedy about a small boy whose life is very unfair...