Brian Falkner – Author

About Brian

Brian Falkner is a bestselling author of books for children and young adults. From wild adventures to gripping sci-fi, his work has inspired young readers worldwide. When not writing, he’s visiting schools, running writing camps, or exploring new story ideas.

He is also the creator of Write Like an Author, the popular writing camp program for young writers, and Litbridge Education, a classroom-based, curriculum-aligned creative writing program for schools.

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New Release: Spider Games is here! Nick is a little different – nervous, timid and socially awkward, absolutely the wrong person to be caught in a deadly spy game of cat and mouse.

Books by Brian Falkner

The Hunt for the Ballamanana

In a world where science has run amok, producing weird animal hybrids like bumblebeagles, quokkadiles, and hippopotamice, one mad scientist has gone even further and started crossing plants with...

Katipo Joe: Spycraft

"I have been accused of whitewashing the Nazi leadership in my memoirs. Some people say I make them seem human. But therein lies the problem. I saw these men up close. They were human. If we think of...

That Stubborn Seed of Hope

A collection of gripping short stories themed around fear and hope written by internationally acclaimed children's author Brian Falkner. A boy helps his sister disguise her birthmark on her first day...