Hamish Robertson

Hamish Robertson lives in Edinburgh, and allegedly was once a child, which may have helped him write this masterpiece of invention which children between 10 and 110 will love.

Decades ago, he wrote some poems and once or twice he wrote a play, but this is the first big book he's written - and there'll be another one soon so you can find out what you didn't in this one

What else do you need to know? Well, probably nothing, but here goes anyway.

He says he plays a mean game of snooker, can pull golf clubs round a course, and used to long and triple jump for Scotland and Great Britain.

He's got a family, which includes a beautiful wife, three sons and five grandchildren he's pretty proud of. He's also got a big brother who still keeps an eye out for him.

He reads a lot, still knows who Snow Patrol and Will.i.am are and cooks a pretty amazing curry when he's asked, and even when he's not.

Don't ask him about wine - you'd miss the time that would be better spent reading The Timetrippers.