David Clement-Davies is the bestselling author of two previous children's books - Fire Bringer (2000, Macmillan) and The Sight (2002, Macmillan), which have been translated around the world. He is the author of a new adventure called The Alchemists of Barbal (Macmillan, 2005) and various pictures books, including the adaptation of the Dreamworks animation Spirit - Stallion of the Cimmeron. David also writes plays and film scripts, and contributes as a journalist and travel writer. He lives in London.