Chris Wooding

Chris Wooding is a British fantasy and science fiction author whose inventive, genre-blending fiction has earned him a devoted following across young adult and adult readerships. Born in Leicester in 1977, he published his first novel at the age of nineteen and has since written over twenty books, winning the Nestlé Smarties Bronze Award and being shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. His Tales of the Ketty Jay series — beginning with Retribution Falls — is beloved as a rollicking steampunk adventure following a ragtag crew of misfits aboard an airship, often compared to Firefly meets Treasure Island. The Ace of Skulls is the final book in the series, bringing the crew's adventures to a thrilling conclusion. Wooding has also written the Braided Path trilogy, the Haunting of Alaizabel Cray, and the adult fantasy The Ember Blade. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers inventive, fast-paced genre fiction that refuses to take itself too seriously while delivering genuine emotional stakes — adventure stories told with wit, energy, and a gift for creating characters you genuinely care about.