The Dinosaur that Pooped A Football

Tom Fletcher (Author)

Tom Fletcher is a number-one bestseller and one of the UK’s most popular children’s authors. His debut novel, The Christmasaurus, was the biggest selling middle-grade novel of 2016 and was shortlisted for a British Book Award.

He has since published several more chart-topping children’s novels, including:

• The Christmasaurus and the Winter Witch
• The Christmasaurus and the Naughty List
• The Creakers
• The Danger Gang (an instant number-one bestseller)

Tom also writes the incredibly successful Who’s in Your Book? picture-book series and is one half of the author duo behind the Dinosaur that Pooped picture-book series, which has sold over 1.5 million copies.

For older readers, Tom co-authors the Eve of Man series with his wife, Giovanna Fletcher. His books have been translated into 42 languages, and to date, he has sold over 7 million copies of his books in the UK alone.

In addition to his career as an author, by the age of 21, Tom had penned 10 UK number-one singles and is the founding member of the band McFly. The Brit Award-winning band has sold over 10 million records worldwide. Tom has also written songs for other artists, including One Direction, Busted, and 5SOS.

Dougie Poynter (Author)

Dougie Poynter has been obsessed with dinosaurs ever since visiting the Natural History Museum when he was about three years old. He is passionate about the natural world and a keen conservationist, working with charities to protect the planet.

Dougie wrote songs with Tom Fletcher for years in the bands McFly and McBusted. They now write their bestselling Dinosaur that Pooped books in the same way that they write their song lyrics. The books have sold over a million copies.

Garry Parsons (Illustrator)

Garry Parsons is an award-winning illustrator of books for children, including the bestselling The Dinosaur That Pooped series.

Garry’s illustrations have accompanied the words of many prestigious picture-book authors, including Kes Gray, Ian Whybrow, and Peter Bently. He has also illustrated:

• The popular fiction series The Dragonsitter by Josh Lacey
• The space adventure series George’s Secret Key to the Universe by Lucy and Stephen Hawking for slightly older readers

Garry lives in London with his young family and old dog.