Chris Priestley is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction. He was a successful illustrator, political cartoonist and strip cartoonist for twenty years before becoming published as a writer with Dog Magic! in 2000. He sometimes illustrates his own work – and occasionally other people’s (as he did with the UK edition of Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds). Best known for his Gothic output, his Tales of Terror series (illustrated by David Roberts) has been translated into many languages, won several awards, in the UK and internationally, and been performed as plays in several countries.
