Philip Reeve

About Philip Reeve

Philip Reeve was born and raised in Brighton, where he worked in a bookshop for years while also producing and directing a number of no-budget theatre projects.

Philip then began illustrating and has since provided cartoons and jokes for around forty books, including the best-selling Scholastic series Horrible Histories, as well as Murderous Maths and Dead Famous.

He’s been writing stories since he was five, but Mortal Engines is the first to be published. Mortal Engines defies easy categorisation. It is a gripping adventure story set in an inspired fantasy world, where moving cities trawl the globe. A magical and unique read, it immediately caught the attention of readers and reviewers and is now available in paperback.

Mortal Engines has been shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award, The Nestle Smarties Book Prize 2002 and The Whitbread Children’s Book Award 2002.

Since then, Philip has written a new series for younger readers, Buster Bayliss. Buster always seems to attract trouble and is soon caught up in far-fetched but hilarious adventures. The series launched with two titles, The Night of the Living Veg and The Big Freeze.

Philip lives in Devon with his wife and son and his interests are walking, drawing, writing and reading.

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Awards

Mortal Engines was the Gold Award Winner at The Nestle Smarties Book Prize 2002. It was also shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award and The Whitbread Children’s Book Award 2002.