'Simply the best way to experience a story'

 

“Istill feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the bestway to experience a story.” – Philip Reeve

Born in England on Feb. 28, 1966 Reeve is a bestselling author and the cartoonist /illustrator of many books for kids, including the “DeadFamous” book Horatio Nelson and HisVictory, and a number of books in the clever Horrible Histories and MurderousMaths series.  He authored the very popular "Utterly Dark" series for Young Adults and the"Buster Bayliss" books for young readers with such clever titles as Night of the LivingVeg, The Big Freeze, Day of the Hamster, and Custardfinger. 

And he delved into historicalfiction with his award-winning book HereLies Arthur, an alternative look at the King Arthur legend.  
Reeve said he was always fascinatedby the illustrations as much as the writing and strives to make hisillustrations as palatable as possible for young readers.   “Even tiny children looking at a picture bookare using their imaginations, gleaning clues from the images to understand whatis happening, and perhaps using the throwaway details which the illustratorincludes to add their own elements to the story."