Chris Wooding is living proof that the British "new wave" of extraordinarily talented young writers is still going strong. Already a renowned author in the young adult market, his published books already number into double figures, and his most recent, The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray netted the Silver Medal at the Nestle Smarties Awards and also a Hollywood film deal to boot. Not bad for a writer just coming up to his twenty-sixth birthday!

(Source: Gollancz)