Paul Stewart
Paul Stewart is the very funny, very talented author of more than 15 books for children, including The Edge Chronicles, a collaboration with Chris Riddell.
He is a graduate of Lancaster University and of the University of East Anglia's creative writing course. For several years he taught English as a foreign language in Sri Lanka. Returning to England, he continued teaching before becoming a full-time writer.
Books
Barnaby Grimes: Legion of the Dead
Author: Paul Stewart
Illustrator: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Corgi
Interest age: 11+
Reading age: 11+
This booksees the return of the most adventurous and skilled among the ranks of Tick-Tock Lads. During a night of mourning at the passing of one of the city's most notorious criminal, a shaky peace among rival gangs is disturbed as the dead begin to rise from a nearby cemetery.
Blobheads
Author: Paul Stewart Illustrator: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Macmillan Children's books
Interest age: 6+
Reading age: 8+
Ever wondered what might rise out of the toilet when you lift the lid? In Billy Barnes' case it's the Blobheads, three incompetent aliens...
Dogbird and Other Mixed-Up Tales
Author: Paul Stewart Illustrator: Tony Ross
Publisher: Random House
Interest age: 6+
Reading age: 7+
Alice's new budgie won't talk, but when it does, its barking drives everyone mad. However, then they discover how useful a barking budgie can be.
Hugo Pepper
Author: Paul Stewart
Illustrator: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Random House
Interest age: 8+
Reading age: 10+
Hugo Pepper is the tale of a young foundling raised by reindeer herders in the Frozen North.
Muddle Earth
Author: Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell Illustrator: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Macmillan Children's books
Interest age: 9+
Reading age: 9+
Randalf is an apprentice wizard – he only knows one spell and some of that is guesswork – but he is the only wizard left to save Muddle Earth from the evil Dr Cuddles.
The Edge Chronicles: Midnight Over Sanctaphrax
Author: Paul Stewart
Illustrator: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Corgi
Interest age: 10+
Reading age: 10+
A storm is brewing far in the open sky, headed straight for the floating city of Sanctaphrax. But, when Twig has lost his memory of being warned of this catastrophe, he must find his crew and save the day.
The Edge Chronicles: Stormchaser
Author: Paul Stewart
Illustrator: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Corgi
Interest age: 10+
Reading age: 10+
The second part of the Twig Saga follows Twig as he joins the crew of the Stormchaser in a dangerous quest to collect stormphrax to save the floating city of Sanctaphrax.
The Edge Chronicles: The Nameless One
Author: Paul Stewart
Illustrator: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Corgi
Interest age: 10+
Reading age: 10+
Fleeing the scene of his father's murder in the city of Great Glade, Cade Quarter smuggles himself onto the Xanth Filatine, a floating skytavern that journeys over the vast landscape of The Deadwoods.
WyrmeWeald: Returners Wealth
Author: Paul Stewart Illustrator: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Corgi Children's
Interest age: 12+
Reading age: 13+
Heartbroken Micah runs away from the flat, featureless plains to climb the distant inhospitable mountains in search of returner's wealth...
Wyrmeweald: The Bone Trail
Author: Paul Stewart
Illustrator: Chris Riddell
Publisher: Corgi
Interest age: 11+
Reading age: 11+
In the beautiful, threatened world of the Wyrmeweald, where dragons are real and danger is always present, the forces are gathering for a final battle. For Micah and his friends, caught between duty, love and sacrifice, this is only the beginning.