Peter Bunzl

Peter Bunzi is a young adult, children’s and fantasy author best known as the author of “The Cogheart Adventures” series of novels. The author was brought up in a rambling Victorian house in South London alongside his sister, two dogs and three cats. His artist mother and antique dealer father got him interested in creative and artistic pursuits from a very young age. As a child, he was inspired visiting film and TV sets of the likes of “Postman Pat” and “James Bond” where his mother was a costume designer. When he went to college, he studied film and art and then went on to work in commercial and pop videos as an animator. He would direct and write two critically acclaimed short films before he decided to try his hand at writing. He published “Cogheart” his debut novel in 2016 and has never looked back since. The novel was nominated for several awards including the Carnegie medal, Branford Boase Award and the Children’s Book Prize by Waterstones. He currently lives with his partner in North London.