Sam Copeland

Sam Copeland is an author, which has come as something of a surprise to him. He is from Manchester and now lives in London with two smelly cats, three smelly children and one relatively clean-smelling wife.

He is the author of the bestselling Charlie Changes Into a Chicken series (the first book of which was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize), Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything and Greta and the Ghost Hunters. With Jenny Pearson, he has also written Tuchus & Topps Investigate: The Underpants of Chaos and Tuchus & Topps Investigate: The Attack of the Robot Librarians.

Despite legal threats, he refuses to stop writing.

Books by Sam Copeland

Alex vs Axel: The Impossible Quests

Sam Copeland

Greta and the Ghost Hunters

Sam Copeland

The Underpants of Chaos

Sam Copeland

Charlie Turns Into a T-Rex

Sam Copeland

Charlie Morphs Into a Mammoth

Sam Copeland

Charlie Changes Into a Chicken

Sam Copeland

Alex vs Axel: The Thief of Time

Sam Copeland, Dotty Sutton

The Attack of the Robot Librarians

Sam Copeland and Jenny Pearson, Sam Copeland

Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything

Sam Copeland

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