Neil Gaw

Neil Gaw is a children's author from the North West of England whose stories range from laugh-out-loud rhyming picture books to longer adventures for young readers.

He is the creator of The Clatterbangs, a series of silly rhyming adventures following possibly the world's worst family as they cause chaos everywhere from the beach and zoo to a farm, fair and even Transylvania. The complete series is also available together in A Cluster of Clatterbangs.

Neil's other picture books include Chugg the Little Caveman, a warm and funny Stone Age bedtime adventure; Original Ellie, an uplifting story about creativity, individuality and the determination to make something truly original; and Albert Ross and Friends, a quirky adventure through an unusual animal town filled with humour and heart.

His latest book, Summer of Woof, takes Neil's storytelling into the world of chapter books. Aimed at readers aged 8–11, it follows four friends who find themselves caught up in a fiercely competitive summer dog-walking business, complete with rivalries, questionable business decisions and plenty of canine chaos.

Away from children's books, Neil is also a qualified counsellor, singer-songwriter and photographer. Although these might seem like very different worlds, storytelling runs through all of them — whether it's understanding people's stories, writing a song, capturing a moment in a photograph or wondering what would happen if a truly terrible family were let loose in Transylvania.

Neil continues to write stories that are funny, imaginative and full of character, with one simple aim: to create books that children genuinely enjoy reading.