Born and raised in the north of England, Phil Earle is the author of numerous acclaimed, award-winning books for children and teenagers. He has worked as a carer, a dramatherapist, a bookseller and a publisher, and loves talking at schools and festivals around the world. His novel When The Sky Falls won the Books Are My Bag Readers Award and the British Book Award for Children’s Fiction. He lives on the side of a very steep hill with his wife, their five children and two dogs.
""Nobody writes striking, heartfelt adventure like Phil Earle. THE DAWN OF ADONIS is a showcase of everything he does best: humour and peril and towering stakes all wrapped up in stark, spare, powerful prose. I loved it!"" * Ross Montgomery * ""I absolutely raced through The Dawn of Adonis! It’s a tremendous nail-biting read, tender and terrifying in equal measure. Both Toff and Nettie are fantastic characters, and little Adonis is the most endearing little creature ever"" * Jacqueline Wilson * ""Phil Earle’s best book to date. Its action-packed, warm, sad, the description and narration is incredible and the dialogue beyond brilliant."" * Sarah Crossan * ""Pacy, poetic, heartfelt and with a fantastically Dickensian authorial voice, this book deserves every rave review & prize shortlisting that’s sure to follow… a standing ovation for Phil Earle"" * Emma Carroll * ""An utter triumph... Phil is one of the best writers I know and he just gets better and better... A stunning book that deserves to win all the awards."" * Lisa Thompson *