Jeremy Strong won the Children's Book Award in 1997 with The Hundred-Mile-An-Hour Dog. His series of Viking books has been made into a TV serial. He is immensely popular with children, particularly boys, who love his unique brand of silliness. He lives in Somerset.
Strong's books are hugely popular with young children with their breezy, daft exuberance Sunday Times His books crackle with good humour and invention TES King of comedy Guardian His books are preposterously entertaining Observer