Andy Mulligan was brought up in South London. He worked as a theatre director for ten years before travels in Asia prompted him to retrain as a teacher. He has taught English and drama in India, Brazil, Vietnam, the Philippines and the UK. He now lives in England, and is writing full time. The Ribblestrop trilogy is now complete: Ribblestrop, Forever! Brings closure to the series. ‘Return to Ribblesrop’ won the coveted Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2011.

Trash is a very different animal. Hailed by the Times as 'outstanding ...exceptionally satisfying', Trash is first and foremost a thriller. It tells the story of three dumpsite boys and an astonishing discovery they make amongst the city's refuse. Smart enough to know they have something truly special - truly life-changing - they try to stay one step ahead of a vengeful police force out to silence them. The novel shifts rapidly from the squalid slums of a third-world city, to its prisons and graveyards. David Fickling published Trash in the Autumn of 2010 in the UK and the USA and the book is now set to be published in twenty-five languages across the globe. Film rights were snapped up soon after UK publication, and filming starts early next year. Stephen Daldry will direct. Schools around the world are pushing the book onto the syllabus, and it was shortlisted for the 2012 Carnegie medal.

Andy is currently editing his next major work – ‘The Boy With Two Heads’ - which will be published in the Spring of 2013.