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Alan Snow is an English artist, working with books, animation, film and computers. He has written and illustrated over 160 books for children, including How Dogs Really Work, The Truth About Cats, and How Santa Really Works. He has also worked on a very diverse range of other projects, including work on the design of a children's science museum in Japan and the design of a project robot currently on sale worldwide.

Here Be Monsters is Alan's first novel. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of the author's incredible black and white drawings, this unmissable debut novel was first published to huge acclaim in September 2005 and looks certain to become a classic for readers of all ages.

Here Be Monsters!