Pete johnson author biography websites

British children's writer

Pete Johnson (born 29 April 1965) is a British children's writer with more than fifty books to his name.^[1] Inspired by the author, Dodie Smith – a fan letter led to a correspondence for over twenty years – his earlier books were for teenagers.

But, his first breakout hit was The Ghost Dog^[2] in 1996; an eerie tale about the power of imagination which won both the Stockton Children's Book of the Year Award and The Young Telegraph Book of the Year.

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This book is still widely used in schools. Other horror stories followed including, The Creeper^[3] (2001) which also won The Stockton Children's Book of the Year Award and The Vampire Blog (2010) which won The Brilliant Book Award.

His anti-bullying novels Traitor (2002) and Avenger (2004) have also earned special praise and several prizes.

Although, in more recent years,achieved his greatest success with comedies such as, Trust me I’m a Troubl