Peter J. Murray

They divide their time between their home in the Hampshire countryside, close to Cheam School, and Rotherham where Peter was brought up.

Peter tried his hand at teaching and took up a position at Aston Comprehensive School, staying for four and half years.

It was this conversation that made Peter decide he had to write about this scary character he'd created, and the Mokee Joe series was born.

and, after proving its popularity in bookshops, the rights to the title were snapped up by Hodder Children's Books.

Peter later decided to buy back the rights and return to self-publishing his titles, setting up a publishing company, Atlantis Children's Books, in 2011 with son and illustrator Simon Murray.

Mutant Resurrection was launched in front of 1500 fans at the famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.

[11] Peter works alongside the Renaissance Learning project, collaborating with schools and librarians and speaking at their symposiums and conferences.

Murray's books have been recognised for their ability to engage reluctant readers through their adoption by the Carmel Hill Fund Education Project.

The Carmel Hill Foundation arranged for the launch of Mokee Joe: Mutant Resurrection (2012) at Harlem's famous Apollo Theater in New York[12] Murray and his wife Kath visit schools around the world to present Murray's books and to inspire students to read and to learn to love books.