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John Talbot was born in 1948 in London and has been a professional writer and illustrator for more than 30 years. He has over 60 books to his credit and was joint winner of the Bologna Gold Medal in 1985 (Great Games Book) and honoured by the American Library Association in 1994 (It's For You). In 1998 he was commissioned to write and supervise two series of educational books for the publisher Thomas Nelson. He now lives in Brighton with his wife, Marilyn, also an artist.