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Christian John Leonard Darkin (born 1968) is an English author and animator.

He is the author of best selling "Act Normal" chapter books for children, and for older readers, his credits include, "The Skull" (published by Bloomsbury) and a detective technothriller, "@thelogician". He has also written several non-fiction books, two science documentaries, and scripts including a Doctor Who spinoff film starring the sixth Doctor (The Stranger series). As a journalist writing on science and technology, he has written articles for dozens of magazines and many national newspapers.

His illustration work can be found in hundreds of children's books but also in titles such as The scientific journal, Nature. He also works as an animator, creating animation for the first series of “Magic Hands” on BBC Cbeebies as well as special effects for film and TV.