Mark Walden

He was a senior producer in charge of developing PlayStation games for Sony before taking up writing full-time.

Walden spent seven years at Bablake School, an independent co-educational day school in Coventry, before studying for a BA in English Literature and an MA in Twentieth Century Literature, Film and Television at Newcastle University.

[5] It was selected as a winner in Richard and Judy's 'Best Kids' Books Ever' competition and Paramount Pictures has optioned the film rights.

Higher Institute of Villainous Education) is a series of young adult fiction novels by Mark Walden.

Otto Malpense is a thirteen-year-old criminal genius, who has been handpicked along with others-the smartest, most athletic, technologically advanced kids in the world to be part of H.I.V.E.