Annabel Steadman
Biography
A.F. STEADMAN grew up in the Kent countryside, getting lost in fantasy worlds and scribbling stories in notebooks. She is the globally bestselling author of the award-winning Skandar series, which has been translated into 49 languages. A film is currently in development with Sony Pictures. She won Author of the Year at the British Book Awards 2026 and Waterstones Book of the Year in 2022.
Her adult debut TIMELESS will be coming out in 2027 and has sold in 27 languages and film rights have been bought by Amazon and Heyday Productions. Her new children’s series Zeno and the Dragon Riders will also be coming in 2027.
‘The most popular children’s fantasy hero since Harry Potter’ – Telegraph
‘Steadman has a vast imagination, her world-building is a joy, the battle scenes are thrilling and her characters charm.’ – The Times Children's Book of the Week
‘Deft, dazzling and breathlessly exciting – it’s a joy to enter Skandar’s World.’ – Jonathan Stroud, author of Lockwood and Co. series
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