MARK GRIFFITHS
Mark Griffiths writes comedy and drama for radio, TV and stage. His first ever commission was for Radio 4’s Week Ending programme at the age of seventeen, closely followed by a stint writing material for Smith & Jones for BBC 1 aged eighteen. His writer/contributor credits include TV Go Home (E4 and tie-in book), Comedy Nation (BBC2), The News Huddlines (BBC Radio 2) and co-creating the sitcom The Basement (BBC Radio Wales). He has written several original plays, including Leona Cash (BBC Radio 4 Afternoon Play 2008); The Impossibility Club and The Lullaby Witch (both for 24/7 Theatre Festival, Manchester).
His interests include dinosaurs, tea-drinking and staring up at the sky through the branches of a tree.
Space Lizards Stole My Brain! is his first novel for children and was bought by Simon & Schuster in a hotly contested auction.
LATEST BOOK: SPACE LIZARDS STOLE MY BRAIN!
What if an alien lizard hijacked your brain?
On Earth, Lance Spratley faces another boring day of homework and pushy parents…
In deep space, cold-blooded space lizard Admiral Skink faces another boring day of evil deeds and planet-conquering…
Until… Admiral Skink’s starship is destroyed and the Braintwizzler 360 system propels his mind through space into Lance’s body! Meanwhile, Lance’s mind is imprisoned in an alien waiting room, where space lizards are plotting to enslave mankind! Can Lance reclaim his body and save the world? And can an alien warlord cope with life on Earth?
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Space Lizards Stole My Brain! UK - Simon & Schuster, 2012; Germany - Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag; France - Flammarion
