Martin Howard is an experienced editor who has also written  laugh-out-loud books for both children and adults. For children he has  written How to Cook Children: A Grisly Recipe Book (Pavilion, 2008), the Witches at War trilogy (Pavilion) and Germs: An Epic Tale on a Tiny Scale  (Pavilion, 2010) for younger children as well as several titles for  fiction packager Hothouse. His work for adults includes the popular Bad Dog's Diary series (Portico) and One Grump or Two, under  the pseudonym Arthur Grump (Portico, 2008). A talented chef, Martin  lives in the south of France with his wife and three children.