Melvin Burgess was born in London in 1954 and was brought up in Sussex and Surrey. Described by The Times as 'a new and powerful talent', he is now regarded as one of the best writers of contemporary children's and teenage literature.
Junk won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Carnegie Medal. It was also shortlisted for the 1998 Whitbread Children's Book of the Year. Four of his novels have been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. His recent novel, Bloodtide, won the Lancashire Children's Book Award.
Melvin Burgess writes full time and lives in Manchester.
Author's Website: https://www.melvinburgess.net/
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