Chris Priestley is the author of Tales of Terror series (Bloomsbury), The Dead of Winter and the hugely popular and award-winning Mister Creecher, which was also chosen as a Future Classic title for the Booktrust School Library Pack. He is inspired by the long-loved tradition of horror stories by authors such as Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley. Chris is also a talented artist and illustrator, and his cartoons have been published in the Independent as well as other national newspapers.
