Sparkes previously worked as a journalist for the Southern Daily Echo and for BBC Radio Solent before focusing on writing children's books.
Sparkes has published several books unrelated to The Shapeshifter series, including standalone novels, as well as the Monster Makers, Night Speakers, and S.W.I.T.C.H.
[7] The Shapeshifter series follows the life of a boy named Dax Jones and is primarily set in England, firstly in the Cornwall area and later in the Lake District.
Dax is one of a number of COLAs (Children of Limitless Ability), young people who possess amazing supernatural powers.
Some of his classmates are able to heal, move objects with their mind, communicate with the dead, or see into the future.