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Jim Eldridge

Jim Eldridge was born in London in 1944. He left school at 16 and did a variety of jobs, before eventually training as a teacher. He became a full-time script-writer and author in 1978 and has since written over 90 books with sales totaling over three million copies. His writing credits include episodes for the seminal children's TV drama 'Grange Hill' and the novelisation of Noel Clarke's 'Kidulthood' and '4.3.2.1.' He has also written for the My Story series for Scholastic and most recently Black Ops, a teen action series for Egmont. His children’s books include the best-selling history series 'My Story' published by Scholastic.

He now works as an associate lecturer in scriptwriting and media at the University of Cumbria. He lives with his wife in Cumbria.