Welford was born in Cullercoats, a small seaside town in the north-east of England.
He attended Marden High School and studied English at Leeds University before becoming a magazine journalist and then a television producer.
[1][2] He first started writing his debut novel, Time Travelling With A Hamster, in 2014.
It was published in 2016 and was shortlisted for the Costa,[3] Blue Peter,[4] Waterstones,[5] and Branford Boase Awards.
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