Jon Blake (born 1954 in Mortimer, Berkshire)[1] is the author of over sixty works for children and teenagers.
In 2017 'Thimble Monkey Superstar', featuring a narrator with cerebral palsy based on Jon's son, was shortlisted for the Lollies (Laugh Out Loud awards).
[4] 'Thimble Monkey Superstar', published by Cardiff's Firefly Press,[5] was the eighth of Jon's books to be illustrated by Martin Chatterton.
These were all turned into audio books in 2021, read by an actor who also has cerebral palsy, Zak Ford-Williams.
However, he has also written radical young adult fiction, such as anti-privatisation thriller "The Last Free Cat".