Kjartan Poskitt

Kjartan Poskitt (born 15 May 1956 in York) is a British writer and TV presenter who is best known for writing the Murderous Maths children's series of books.

[1] Poskitt was born in York, England, grew up in Selby, Yorkshire[2] and was educated at the Selby Abbey School,[2] at Terrington Hall, North Yorkshire,[3] and at Bootham School, York,[4] before studying engineering at Collingwood College, Durham University.

[2] Poskitt was a member of a comedy group while at Durham University, and toured with it to the US in 1979, playing the piano and singing, performing skits and doing a ventriloquist act with a dummy which wouldn't speak.

[9] He has written and directed a number of pantomimes performed by the National Student Theatre Company, including Jack and the Beanstalk (1979),[7] The Sleeping Beauty (1980),[10] Cinderella (1981), Jack and the Beanstalk (1983),[11] as well as a nativity play, The Road to Bethlehem (1980),[12] and a "musical ghost pantomime", Sammy's Magic Garden (1985).

Early children's television appearances included Swap Shop during its Edinburgh Festival broadcasts,[2] and ITV Yorkshire's Behind the Bike Sheds.