Biographical note

Philip Pullman was born in Norwich, England in 1946 and grew up in Zimbabwe and Wales. He has won many awards, including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Book Award, the Smarties Prize, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the Whitbread Book of the Year Award, a knighthood and a CBE. His acclaimed fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials, comprising Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass, has been published in 39 languages. A new BBC drama series based on His Dark Materials, on which Philip is an executive producer, began airing in 2019. Fred Fordham was born in 1985 and grew up in North London. His first graphic novel, Nightfall, was published by Editions Delcourt in 2013. He has also written and illustrated for David Lloyd's online comics art magazine, Aces Weekly, and worked as an illustrator for The Phoenix comic.