Mal Peet is both an author and illustrator of children's books. About writing, he says, "Like many people (I suspect) I had no real interest in children's literature until I had children of my own. It'll sound a bit evangelical, I suppose, but I truly believe that there are few things more important, useful, and protective than sharing stories with your children. After their bath, heaped into a big, deep chair, doing the voices, discussing the pictures, softening your voice as the rhythm of their breathing deepens.... You start to understand why certain books work and others don't."

Books by Mal Peet

Life: An Exploded Diagram

by Mal Peet - Dystopian, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult 14+

Love won’t be easy for Clem Ackroyd, a working class boy who falls in love with the daughter of a wealthy landowner during the Cold War, when bombs could interrupt the peace and quiet of the English countryside at any moment.

Tamar: A Novel of Espionage, Passion, and Betrayal

by Mal Peet - Historical Fiction

Beck

by Mal Peet and Meg Rosoff - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Prejudice , Racism, Young Adult 14+

The Penalty

by Mal Peet - Thriller

Exposure

by Mal Peet - Fiction