Hilarious, clever and very original with amazing illustrations to match - a true modern classic in every sense Fantastic, eye-catching paperback jacket Philip has won the Smarties Gold Award, Blue Peter Book of the Year, and most recently the Guardian Fiction Prize, as well as being shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book Award, since his startling debut in 2001. Testament both to his storytelling brilliance and beautiful writing.

Philip Reeve was born and grew up in Brighton. He worked in a bookshop there and on various other projects before starting a career as an illustrator. Although he has been writing stories since he was very young, Mortal Engines was the first to be published - and to incredible critical acclaim. It was shortlisted for The Whitbread Children's Book Award and was awarded the GOLD Nestle Smarties Book Prize as well as being named The Blue Peter Book of the Year 2003. Philip lives in Devon with this wife and son. Illustrated throughout by David Wyatt, who has worked on many beautiful covers for authors including Terry Pratchett, Philip Pullman, Diana Wynne-Jones, Alan Garner and JRR Tolkien. He lives in an ancient house in a graveyard in Devon, and is a keen lutist, cyclist and wanderer of the moors.