Kevin Crossley-Holland is a Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize winning author best known for his ARTHUR trilogy (THE SEEEING STONE, AT CROSSING PLACES and KING OF THE MIDDLE MARCH) published by Orion, which have been translated into 25 languages and sold over 2 million copies.

Kevin is the author of the classic retelling of BEOWULF and THE PENGUIN BOOK OF NORSE MYTHS and is a well-known poet and Anglo-Saxon translator. Kevin has also retold Norse mythology in two anthologies for children NORSE MYTHS: TALES OF ODIN, THOR AND LOKI and NORSE TALES: STORIES FROM ACROSS THE RAINBOW BRIDGE, both illustrated by Jeffrey Alan Love and published by Walker (UK) and Candlewick (US).

Kevin’s other titles with Walker Books include KING ALFRED AND THE ICE COFFIN, a lyrical retelling of the Anglo-Saxon King Alfred illustrated by Chris Riddell, and KATA AND TOR, a tale of star-crossed young love set against the backdrop of the Viking invasion of York.