Alexander Gordon Smith

Born in 1979 in Norwich, England, Alexander Gordon Smith began to write his first stories at the age of six. After leaving school he started writing non-fiction, including several children's books on space and geography and hundreds of articles for various magazines and partworks. Between 2000 and 2003 he studied English literature at the University of East Anglia, where he set up a small poetry press called Egg Box Publishing. Egg Box published a number of new poets, including Richard Evans, Ramona Herdman and poetry collective Aisle16, and continues to add to its list of books. In October 2004, Smith published a creative writing guide, "Inspired Creative Writing", for Infinite Ideas Ltd. A followup guide, "Writing Bestselling Children's Books" was published in July 2007. Alexander is the author of the hugely popular "The Inventors" and "The Inventors in The City of Stolen Souls" as well as the teen horror series "Furnace". In 2008, he co-founded Fear Driven Films, an independent film company based in the East of England.