Born in1967, Beirut, Lebanon

His first novel was Varjak Paw (2003). It won the 2003 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize. The sequel, The Outlaw Varjak Paw (2005), won the 2007 Blue Peter Book of the Year. Phoenix (2013) is a longer novel written for older children. It was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize