Mike BarfieldMike Barfield has been wild about animals from an early age. His love of nature took him to King's College London where he gained a first class honors degree in botany and zoology. After a career in comedy writing for TV and radio, he turned to creatng award-winning nonfiction for children built on his love of science and discovering things. He is the winner of the Blue Peter Children's Book Award 2021 in the "Best Book with Facts" category, and has also been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young People's Book Prize, the Association for Science Education Children's Book Prize (twice) and the De Bary Award for Outstanding Children's Science Books (twice). Read More Read Less